United States v. Torres

DECISION

HODGSON, Chief Judge:

Kathy H. and her younger sister Ellen became wards of the State of Wyoming after it was discovered that their natural father had repeatedly sexually abused Kathy and her older sister, Joan.1 This abuse began when Kathy was eight years old. It continued until she was a little over 12 when she and Ellen were removed from their father’s custody and placed in a series of foster homes, the last of which was the appellant’s household.

At the time the appellant and his wife accepted Kathy and her younger sister as foster children she was 13 years old and Ellen was 11. The…