My 22year old is homeless in a small
town. Now has 2 yr
probation. Can he go to another town that has a mens shelter ?:
my son is mentally broking and alone. He stuggled with F's in sch. Finally dropped out. Myself & my mother has had to have him arrested & removed from our residence. Becuz of hosstol anger & high depression. Without insurance ,Can not get mental health help. He has about $600 in fines.only $300 past due. So they won't place I'm in jail. He has exalted his job search in the small town with no mens shelter. And he get bullied by the loozer people that still the $20-$30 a month his family can afford to give him. Now that he was just placed on probation for 2 years. Can he go to a biger town to go to a shelter home. In hopes that he could start looking for jobs again ?
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mental health help.
Pablo’s answer: Yes, he can move; but first needs to obtain permission from his probation officer. If that does not work, he can solicit the judge.
I was in my car and flipped off another driver is that disorderly conduct ?: I was driving down the road a lady pulled out in front of me made me hit my breaks, then break checks me so i wait to pass until a passing zone, she was only doing 45 in a 55while I was passing she was screaming and waving her arms like I did some thing wrong, so i flipped her the finger once I was in front of her, I then stopped at the nearest gas station and she followed me I asked her what her problem was,she started screaming I have kids in my car and then called me a bi..h and called the cops and I got a disorderly conduct ticket ????? thats not right !!!!
Pablo’s answer:
I agree that the events, as you described them, do not amount to Disorderly Conduct ("DC"). Do not assume, however, that, in court, the prosecutor will argue that the act of flipping her off was DC.
You have to take into account the entire chain of events and view them like a movie reel, with the ability to pause at any point. To be convicted of DC, the prosecution will have to prove that you engaged in ... abusive or indecent or profane or boisterous or unreasonably loud or or otherwise disorderly conduct AND that the conduct, under the circumstances as they then existed, tended to cause or provoke a disturbance.
I further agree w/Atty. Witt that she was disorderly. Unfortunately for you, however, the police have discretion on whom to cite/arrest. Just as the prosecutor has discretion on whom to prosecute. Hopefully, at the gas station, you did not swear at her right back.
In any event, as you are hopefully beginning to realize, legal questions are not always clear-cut. So, at a minimum, do as Atty. Witt suggested; show up to your first court appearance and plead Not Guilty. In the mean time, decide whether you want to shop around for a lawyer (if you cannot afford one, go to the State Public Defender's Office--but they do not accept municipal, i.e. non-criminal cases).
Good luck!
What can I expect to happen to me in small claims court.: I owe about $1,800 to a credit card company. I have not made a dime in over a year. I'm not refusing to pay them, I can't. I've already lost everything I own except for my car (which IS paid for). I'm just wondering what the courts can do to me.
Pablo’s answer: If you are currently "judgment-proof" and have access to money, you could try to negotiate a settlement w/the credit card company's attorney BEFORE your first court date; to try to avoid having to go to court and having a judgment entered against you altogether. I would not offer more than 10 cents on the dollar (depending on your circumstances, of course!).