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I don't know much about the laws regarding your situation, but I too believe this PO is pulling a power trip on you both. If I were in your situation the first thing I'd do is try and find out if your state recognizes a marriage as legal when done in the native tradition. You may want to consider making inquiry to a lawyer for the answer. If the answer is no, then have you considered claiming "common law marriage". Supposedly the following states allow common law marriages and consider them legitimate. You will want to some how confirm this information before proceeding of course.
Alabama
Colorado
District of Columbia
Georgia (if created before 1/1/97)
Idaho (if created before 1/1/96)
Iowa
Kansas
Montana
New Hampshire (for inheritance purposes only)
Ohio (if created before 10/10/91)
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania (if created before 1/1/05)
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
Utah
Anyway, just a thought. There must be more one can do in your situation, but I am certainly no expert. I hope others in the group will have more to offer. It sure seems ridiculous what this PO is doing.
Lina
I don't know a lot about common law marriage in Colorado but I did find this published by the Office of Legal Services. http://tinyurl.com/yf55hj7 From what it says you meet the requirements for common law marriage but now that the marriage is being challenged the burden is on you to prove the existence of the marriage. What to do next on that front is definitely something to talk to an attorney about. Since they went through the trouble of publishing that document this might be something you could get free or low cost counsel on through the state's legal aid.
Firecracker and Coastie- I brought the tribal papers and the PO recognized the marriage and agreed to refer to me as the spouse from now on instead of the "good time girl friend". However even though the state recommendation for my partner was low risk intervention, the PO officer feels that since he is appealing the case that places him on SOISP.... The therapist disagree but the PO is law. The PO felt that all appealling people should wait in Jail. Colorado has something called Immunity so the SO can go to therapy and be on Probation.
Aladdin4d is right....
My son is not biologically his, but this is the only father he knows. We have paper work from a therapist stating the harm to the child.. I think this will be a longer fight.
We are very lucky that he has his own place just a block from mine. I would just like to see him, talk to him...
Peekachu- Yes Kissing was the only sexual contact by him the victim started the kiss and touch him elsewhere, when she pulled away he stopped She hugged him goodnight and then went to bed. ON the day he moved out she filed charges.... Its Colorado Kissing is an offence here if you are 6 years old or if the victim is on Meds!