Legal Opinion
Stephen C. Stem v. Ralph Ahearn and Chris Card
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1990No. 89-2956PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This civil rights action follows an acrimonious child-custody dispute, with one parent leveling charges of child molestation against her former husband. Child protective services workers investigated and concluded, despite medical evidence to the contrary, that the father had sexually abused his minor daughter. As a consequence of this investigation, the mother secured a temporary state court order certifying herself as the exclusive conservator of the child.
Enjoined by court-ordered visitation, the father was denied access to his daughter for over four months.…
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3Cited by92 opinions
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