Post by Logan on Mar 7, 2016 19:06:54 GMT -6
AUGUSTA – The Maine Senate will consider a victims’ rights bill that supporters say would make it easier for victims to strip their attackers of parental rights to children conceived as a result of rape.
State law says a man convicted of rape can be stripped of parental rights to children conceived during the crime. Bill sponsor Bill Diamond, a Windham Democrat, says the standard of proof is too high.
The Maine Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary endorsed the bill by a count of 10-1 last week. The next step is for an initial vote by the Senate.
Diamond’s bill would allow victims to petition the court to terminate their attackers’ parental rights without a criminal conviction by presenting “clear and convincing evidence” that the child was conceived as a result of rape.
www.pressherald.com/2016/03/07/maine-bill-to-protect-rape-victims-rights-heads-to-senate/
State law says a man convicted of rape can be stripped of parental rights to children conceived during the crime. Bill sponsor Bill Diamond, a Windham Democrat, says the standard of proof is too high.
The Maine Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary endorsed the bill by a count of 10-1 last week. The next step is for an initial vote by the Senate.
Diamond’s bill would allow victims to petition the court to terminate their attackers’ parental rights without a criminal conviction by presenting “clear and convincing evidence” that the child was conceived as a result of rape.
www.pressherald.com/2016/03/07/maine-bill-to-protect-rape-victims-rights-heads-to-senate/