Hermesmann da Seyer

Hermesmann da Seyer

Iri	legal case (en)
Ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka

Hermesmann v. Seyer (State of Kansas ex rel. Hermesmann vs. Seyer, 847 P.2d 1273 (Kan. 1993)) ya kasance misali mai mahimmanci Kansas, Amurka, shari'ar da Colleen Hermesmann ta samu nasarar jayayya cewa mace tana da damar kai karar mahaifin ɗanta don tallafa wa yaro koda kuwa ɗa ya faru ne sakamakon aikata laifi da matar ta aikata Ma'aikatar Harkokin Jama'a da Ma'aikatu ta Kansas ce ta kawo karar a cikin sunanta.

Tarihi

Hermesmann ta kasance mai kula da yara ga Shane Seyer a cikin 1987 da 1988. Lokacin da Hermesmann ke da shekaru 16, ta fara jima'i da Seyer wanda ke da shekaru 12. Lokacin da take da shekaru 17 kuma Seyer tana da shekaru 13, ta yi ciki kuma an haifi 'yarsu a shekarar 1989. Shawnee County, Kansas ta gabatar da tuhumar aikata laifuka a kan Hermesmann, inda ta zarge ta da "shiga cikin jima'i da yaro a ƙarƙashin shekara goma sha shida" yayin da ita kanta yarinya ce.: taron ta ayyana a matsayin mai laifi na yara don "ba da gudummawa ga mummunar hali na yaro" wanda ba laifi ne na jima'i ba. : 448 

A cikin 1991, Ma'aikatar Harkokin Jama'a da Ma'auni ta Kansas, a cikin sunan Hermesmann, ta kai Seyer kotu neman tallafin yara. Ba a magance laifin Hermesmann ba a cikin wannan shari'ar, saboda wannan shari'a ce kawai a kotun farar hula. Ma'aikatar ta kuma nemi kuma an ba ta kyautar $ 7,000, daidai da $ 15,700 a 2023, don farashin kanta.[4] Koyaya, a cikin sauraron Kotun Koli daga baya, Ma'aikatar ta bayyana cewa ba ta da niyyar karɓar kyautar ta.

Kotun Koli ta Kansas

A shekara ta 1993, Kotun Koli ta Kansas ta ki amincewa da roko da Seyer ya yi cewa ba shi da alhakin biyan tallafin yara. Kotun ta yanke hukuncin cewa gaskiyar da aka yarda da ita ta tabbatar da cewa, saboda kasancewarsa bai kai shekara 16 ba ya iya yarda da jima'i bisa doka, an aikata wani laifi a kansa a karkashin dokar fyade, amma Seyer ya ba da izini ga ayyukan a karkashin dokar farar hula. Kotun ta yanke hukuncin cewa "ba a kowane lokaci Shane ya yi rajistar duk wani korafi ga iyayensa game da jima'i da Colleen ba". Kotun ta kuma yanke hukuncin cewa yiwuwar laifin uwa a karkashin ka'idojin aikata laifuka ba shi da mahimmanci wajen tantance nauyin goyon bayan yaro na uba a cikin aikin farar hula. Kotun ta bayyana cewa "Shin da Jiha ke da shi na buƙatar ƙananan iyaye su tallafa wa yaransu ya mamaye sha'awar da Jiha ta ke da shi wajen kare yara daga ayyukan gaggawa, koda kuwa irin waɗannan ayyukan na iya haɗawa da aikata laifuka daga ɗayan iyaye".

Abubuwan da suka gabata

Wannan shari'ar ta kafa misali wanda daga baya aka yi amfani da shi a kotunan Kansas. Yana daya daga cikin shari'o'in da aka ambata a baya a yanzu a cikin jagororin tallafin yara na Amurka wanda ya ce a kowane hali da ya magance batun kotun ta yanke shawarar cewa yaro maras shekaru yana da alhakin tallafa wa ɗansa koda kuwa tunanin ya kasance sakamakon aikata laifuka ta mahaifiyar.

A cikin shari'ar 1997 a gaban Kotun daukaka kara ta Gundumar Florida, hukuncin kotun ya ambaci Hermesmann, yana mai cewa an yanke shawarar Kansas duk da cewa dokar Kansas ta bayyana "mutumin da bai kai shekara 15 ba zai iya yarda ba a matsayin al'amari na doka". Kotun ta kuma ce "kotun Kansas ba ta magance batun ko rashin amincewa da gaske ba (ban da ma'anar doka) na iya zama tushen karewa ga mataki don kafa iyaye". A wannan yanayin kuma tambayar ko ainihin rashin amincewa na iya zama karewa ba a gaban kotu ba.