the case itself is titled STATE OF OHIO vs. [dad's name] and seems to have been filed in 2008, about 3 years after being released from prison.

there's a document with a stay order labeled "IN RE: PETITIONS FILED CONTESTING APPLICATION OF ADAM WALSH ACT" and says it's relating to compliance with the Ohio Megan's Law, reading:

"... it is hereby ORDERED that all cases filed, and those cases to be filed in the future, are ordered to stayed pending final resolution by The Ohio Supreme Court or this court, on the issues of the constitutionality/retroactivity clauses of R.C. 2950.031 (E) and R.C. 2950.032(E)."

my dad was convicted of sexual assault and spent time in prison, but i never knew what the on-paper charges actually were. i do know that CPS made me a ward of the state until his parole was up after being removed from my mothers care.

my dad is in fact someone who committed crimes against minors but as far as i remember, was never convicted of it, but i was really young at the time when he was put in prison and the details were only leaked to me through biased discussions amongst him and acquaintances.

with this being said, does this mean that this was possibly another case involving a minor, or evidence of minor-related sex crimes took place? or is this just a legal formality in regards to his sex offender status that came through after assaulting his ex wife?

his ex wife came from a very large and prominent family of lawyers in the area who, somehow, he managed to receive legal help from after being released in order to have his record expunged- which to me is very on brand for his level of manipulation. there can't be a way they bent over backwards to remove these records from the public, right?