The mother of a 3-year-old girl fathered with a 13-year-old student will retain custody of the child although the father will get visitation.This is crazy. The victim of statutory rape has to pay child support. The rapist gets the child, and will get a chance to get her criminal record expunged.
After two days of testimony, state District Judge Doug Warne ordered Lisa Zuniga Duran, 30, to continue caring for the child as the primary parent although the girl's father, Andrew Gallardo, 17, of Edmond, Okla., will be allowed to see the child. ...
Duran was pregnant when she pleaded guilty to aggravated assault of a child in January 2003. She admitted to having a sexual relationship with Gallardo while he was a student and she was a teacher's aide at Victory Academy in Pasadena.
``I know the judge agonized over it but how does a registered sex offender get custody?'' said Butch Bradt, Gallardo's attorney. ``If she (Duran) were a man, he would not get custody.'' ...
Gallardo, who will turn 18 next month, was ordered to pay Duran $50 a month in child support. ...
Duran received deferred adjudication, which requires her to complete 10 years' probation to avoid having a criminal record.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Child-molesting teacher gets custody
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If Duran had been a man, she would not only NOT hav custody but likely not even hav visitation but would be orderd to pay child support.
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