Sex offender Awarded Custody of his 6-year-old Daughter

A judge in Oklahoma City awarded custody of a child to 55-year-old Nicholas Elizondo, who is a registered sex offender from Bakersfield. 

The child is Elizondo's 6-year-old daughter. The ruling left the girl's mother bewildered, she said. 

"I just don't understand," said Lisa Knight, the child's mother. 

Elizondo was convicted in 1995 of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age. Knight and Elizondo were married and living in Bakersfield. 

Knight moved to Oklahoma after becoming pregnant with the couple's only child. They divorced in 2008, and Knight had custody of their daughter.

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After a lengthy custody battle, Oklahoma County 7th District Court Judge Howard Haralson ruled on Monday in favor of Elizondo and granted him custody of the couple's daughter, despite Elizondo's record of child sex abuse. 

"There isn't anything prohibiting a judge from giving a person convicted of that once they've done their time and they're off probation or parole," said Kern County Assistant District Attorney Scott Spielman. "There is a lot to be taken into account, but you'd think that there would be a great deal of weight given to a person that actually was charged and convicted and went to prison for molesting a child under 14."

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