Marriage of Andrews
Respondent Steven Andrews (Father), the father of two children, is a twice-convicted child molester and a registered sex offender. In 1984 he pled guilty in Arizona to one count of attempted molestation, for which he was placed on probation. Fourteen years later, following seven years of marriage to appellant Alaina Berry (Mother), as his son was approaching four years of age and Mother was pregnant with their daughter, he was arrested again for child molestation. He pled no contest in Sutter County to felony annoying or molesting a child under the age of 18 years, and again he was placed on probation. Less than a year passed before his marriage and relationship with his two children were altered forever when he violated probation and subsequently was sentenced to three years in prison. In the ensuing marital dissolution proceeding, Mother was granted sole physical and legal custody; Father was authorized supervised visitation, initially by an interim court order and later under a 2002 marital settlement agreement between the parties.
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