i have no experience with whether it's legal or not. but i would speak to someone about it. the attorney that he use to work for would be my thought. if nothing else he shouldn't still have access to that kind of info.

i'm sure that someone else will jump in and have some good advice.

I have contacted all of the attorney's in this area that he usto work for and they all insist that it "couldn't be my login information that he uses" Whatever, I did my part by trying to warn them, since they could get in trouble with their bar license.... Can't do much more than that... I just don't know what to do about this "Minor Pornography" that Justin is showing my 12 year old (these case files have drastic wording and graphic information in them, nothing that a 12 year old needs to see much less know about... what do I do???

What you would need to to is contact the attorney that he worked for... first of all if he is impersonating an officer of the court to gain access to non-public documents that are supposed to be 'sealed' in some way. That is illegal...

And to confirm or find out information on it, call your own attorney to see what they would do about it.

Isn't showing graphic info to a 12 year old a sex offense?!

I say that only half-sarcasticly.

But it's not appropriate. I'm sure, however, if you try to use it to change the custody arrangements you dig yourself a deeper hole because your fiancé is a SO.

If the 12 yr old is telling you that it is going on... you can file a report with the police that your ex is showing graphic materials to your child. They will interview the child, get your child an attorney and the snow ball will start to grow.

You see putting a child in danger will usually trump all of those custody things and they if an investigation yields the information that was shown to your child then 'the system' will do the rest.

Your fiance being an SO could be brought up but if there isn't anything to bring up other than his past, then it will all be hot air.

But before all else, have a good long talk with your 12 yr old and discuss what they saw, what it is about, their feelings and things... Remember the commercial that they never play anymore... "The more you know..." Knowledge is power, educate your child and you won't have anything to worry about... even if you have to educate earlier than you ever planned on. Eventually we all end up being faced with things before we are ready... This is just another of those times.

It isn't pornography what your ex did sharing the case with your 12 year old. Pornography is any visual depiction of a sexual act. Is it inappropriate? A court might say maybe it is, depending on how graphic the case was. This certainly isn't a slam dunk take your ex to court and you win custody.

There might be some ethical and legal concerns if he used the login identity of an attorney to get them but it isn't illegal for him to have the records or to have gotten them via a public records request or by walking into the clerk's office and requesting a copy. Records involving minor victims generally aren't available instantly online because sensitive information such as the victim's identity is subject to redaction but other than that they are still a public record open to anyone just like any other court documents. Since this is a sex offense with a conviction in Florida the record can never be sealed or expunged and anybody can get a copy from the clerk of court.

Whether or not it was appropriate to share that information with a 12 year old is going to be open to serious debate. On one hand there are graphic details that normally wouldn't be appropriate but on the other your ex will claim he felt it was necessary to inform his daughter so she would be aware of what to watch out for to protect herself which many would see as appropriate.

I agree with wisconsinrsol. Not sure what state you live in but in mine there are three possible statutes that come to mind. First is causing mental harm to a child. This could be a long stretch. Next would be causing a child to view or listen to sexual activity. This one if true, you could get in trouble if you do not report it. And lastly is exposing a child to harmful material or harmful descriptions or narrations.

It all depends on how far you want to go with this. At the least talk to an attorney. You can google your states statutes. Look under crimes against children.

On balance I think if you take this to court he is going to win especially with the hysteria about RSOs. It's not slander because truth is a defense to slander and court records of an uncontroverted witness are the truth. His defense counsel could have cross examined the witness in open court and discredit the witness but that didn't happen and he got convicted. So all your ex has to say is he is trying to protect his 12 year old the best he knows how and I don't thinks by judges are going to argue with him on that.

It sucks and I'm sorry you have to go through this :-(

Last sentence is I don't think any judges are going to argue with him*

Stupid phone and not being able to edit posts on DS!

Westdenali please correct me if I'm wrong, it's nice to have a police officer here. If you got a non-emergency call from someone and went to take this police report I'm guessing it probably gets housed to CPS. I don't think prosecutors or the police would do anything without a determination from CPS. So my thinking is you can save yourself money on a lawyer and just go straight to CPS and see what they say. If anything is going to come of this someone at CPS is going to have to push it through.

That may be the case where you are Independent. Not where I am. The goal of this situation is to report it. The police have no choice but to write a report. Then it goes to DA's office. My guess is it wont go anywhere. Document, document, and document. Then you have ammo!

Our CPS wont take a case unless it is extreme abuse. You can call them and report the incident. I go back to document.....they have no choice but to write a report. More ammo!

Now you have a choice. How far do you want to push it. What is your goal. Do you want justice as in prosecuting or do you want a say so in custody?

And then it wouldnt hurt to get a therapists point of view and reccomendation. Can i say more ammo?

We will go back to where you want this to go and how this has affected your daughter. This is cruel. This is involving children into adult issues. This is wrong.

In addition with all this ammo you have the best course of action is the court where your family case went through. Family judges have so much more discretion and will weigh their decisions on documention which you will have. Only you know where you want to go. I wish you the best.