Surviving Divorce, Lesson #11 - The Truth About False Allegations, Part 4: Preventing Them

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Surviving Divorce, Lesson #11 - The Truth About False Allegations, Part 4: Preventing Them
By DadsRights.org
Feb 24, 2006, 07:43

If the legal system is not going to offer any relief, what can be done to protect oneself against false allegations? As is so often the case, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound (and in this case, several thousand dollars worth) of cure.

If you are separated, or divorced, and particularly if you are a father (the vast majority of all false allegations are made against fathers), and especially if you believe that you may become the target of a false accusation, you are well advised to take the following precautions:

Never allow your child to sleep with you.

Never shower or bathe with your child.

Avoid being naked around your child, and their being unnecessarily naked around you.

Arrange your timeshare with your child such that you are never alone with your child, particularly if you are in or anticipate a custody dispute. In other words, always have a witness around.

If your child is of an age where they need assistance with bathing or going to the bathroom, and particularly if they are of the opposite sex as you, whenever possible have someone who is the same sex as your child assist them.

The above precautions may seem extremely restrictive, and horribly unfair. They are. Unfortunately, in the current climate, where false allegations abound, they are also extremely necessary. As restrictive as they may seem, they are nothing compared to having your child completely removed from your life because you have been accused of molesting or abusing them.

As you contemplate the changes that these precautions will wreak on your life, keep in mind that they are temporary, and that taking these precautions now for a few months can avoid years of not being able to see your child, of having to try to convince a judge (and eventually even your child) that you did not do what you are accused of, and, possibly, even time in jail.

In the next lesson we will discuss how to determine whether you are a likely candidate to be falsely accused of abusing your child.

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