Apparently, the legal requirements for "abuse" is exceedingly stringent. It's kinda odd in the same way that apparently "shall" and "will" mean different things in legalese.
It's not a total loss, they have lost custody of his two children to their biological mother and they are prohibited from having any contact with them or the mother for the duration of probation unless approved by the court.
I'm curious if "any contact" is defined in the terms of the plea deal. Something as simple as sending a birthday card could vacate the probation and send him/them to jail.
By the end of probation, those children will be 15 and 16 and will likely have forgotten the father and/or hate him, if they don't already. Additionally, with the history of neglect and the best interests of the children in mind, it's likely they will stay in the custody of the biological mother to prevent them from being uprooted.
Another small measure of justice is that even though he he has a court order preventing contact, he is still on the hook for child support.
If they violate probation, they face 10 years in prison... I think without trial because it was part of the deal.
Honestly, I think the specter of five years of probation and a ten year jail sentance looming over their heads in some ways is a harsher punishement given he's still responsable for child support for kids he can't see, they have court ordered supervision and mental health treatment and just one fuck up will send them to jail.
Isn't it weird how as humans we can look at other humans, not know anything about them, but know they're pieces of trash? Like look at them and tell me you didn't know they were doing something shitty in general.
I'm curious if "any contact" is defined in the terms of the plea deal. Something as simple as sending a birthday card could vacate the probation and send him/them to jail.
By the end of probation, those children will be 15 and 16 and will likely have forgotten the father and/or hate him, if they don't already. Additionally, with the history of neglect and the best interests of the children in mind, it's likely they will stay in the custody of the biological mother to prevent them from being uprooted.
Another small measure of justice is that even though he he has a court order preventing contact, he is still on the hook for child support.
If they violate probation, they face 10 years in prison... I think without trial because it was part of the deal.