There’s been some very good replies in this thread, and I don’t have anything new to add, except to second some comments.
- Of course for violent / forced rape father’s rights are terminated (going by layman’s terms of forced / violent - I know that by definition, rape is forced)
- If the lady is found to have raped the man, her rights should be terminated
- If it is not so clear cut (statutory rape of a 17yr old for example) then it needs to be taken on a case by case basis
- If it is (non violent) date rape or rape of a drunk (but not comatose) woman, there is nothing that would automatically make me assume the father is not fit to be a daddy (although the cards would be stacked against him, and he would need to prove himself fit)