A former schoolteacher's quest to get her children back after her acquittal on child molestation charges is on hold until next Monday.
Tonya Craft, who endured a recent five-week trial in a North Georgia court that resulted in her acquittal on all charges -- including allegations that she had molested her own daughter and others -- is scheduled to be in Hamilton County Circuit Court for a June 14 hearing to establish a visitation routine while she fights to regain permanent custody of her son and daughter.
It was not immediately clear why the hearing, originally scheduled for Monday, was postponed. Ms. Craft's two attorneys did not return calls seeking comment on whether or not mediation might take place this week in lieu of a court appearance.
Charles Dupree, the attorney for Ms. Craft's ex-husband Joal Henke, also could not be reached Monday. He said in late May that all parties had agreed to lift all restrictions with regard to Ms. Craft visiting her son but that the visitation with her daughter was a different matter.
Mr. Dupree and Mr. Henke are waiting on what the daughter's therapist might say with regard to what the child is able to handle, he said.
Mr. Henke was one of the people who accused Ms. Craft of molesting their daughter, and he has had custody of their two children ever since.
Court papers indicate that it has been "harmful to the children that she has not had contact with her daughter and has had only limited contact with her son over the past two years."
The case against Ms. Craft, a former Chickamauga kindergarten teacher, made national headlines. Her acquittal on all 22 counts of child molestation, aggravated child molestation and aggravated sexual battery was followed by a $25 million lawsuit filed against her multiple accusers.
Mr. Henke is one of the defendants in the lawsuit.