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Hello, my husband and I are interested in moving out of state, he was given the label Sexually Violent Predator because he was 18 and angry, in the state in which we are from they "test" all SO's whether to be an SVP or not, we don't have levels here, you're either a regular SO or SVP, when he was in treatment after prison he passed the same exact test he was given 10 years ago but because he didn't take it seriously then he is stuck with the label, if we were to move out of state what would he be considered then? We have 3 children together and currently live in Colorado, we haven't had issues here because there's no laws limiting to where he can live or go, (we own our home) but it's getting very exspensive to live here and we're interest in moving to Washington, Montana, or Oregon, any insight on these states? I don't want us to move and lose our kids or something because here they can't do anything about a sex offender having a family or being around minors because he completed everything and isn't under any kind of supervision.
I would definitely postpone any move out of Colorado until we see how the 10th Circuit of Appeals rules on Judge Matsch’s ruling that the Colorado sex offender registry is unconstitutional and a violation of the Eighth Amendment against “cruel and unusual punishment.”
If the Tenth Circuit upholds his ruling or rules in our favor at all, it may be a whole new ballgame in Colorado.
https://tinyurl.com/y8grd5d5
If you accessed the clip above, you can see where Judge Matsch ruled the Colorado sex offender registry to be unconstitutional.
Colorado appealed Judge Matsch’s lower court ruling to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals as you can see below.
https://tinyurl.com/y8vloscf
It may very well be that after the 10th Circuit rules on this case, Colorado may have to abolish some of their registry. Yes, they will try to replace it with new legislation, but any replacement will not have all the restrictions that it formerly had.
If the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals agrees with Judge Matsch’s ruling, then there will be no registry in Colorado until the legislature can get something passed. After all, if it is ruled unconstitutional, the registry as we know it in Colorado will be history as an unconstitutional law cannot stand.
Hang on tight.
rewdiazpam