What is the process for quickly dropping charges on domestic abuse charges in MA?

The charges no longer belong to you if the police are involved. However there are ways. And if you contact me, I will explains these.

Unfortunately, you have now become involved in a system that thinks that the only way to resolve these types of issues is to prosecute the defendant and keep the couple apart. They do not understand that sometimes things just happen and spin out of control. You really only have one chance to get this right and the DA is not likely to show you how. Without proper advice you and your boyfriend may well regret your choices for the rest of your lives, You should hire a Criminal Defense attorney who deals in Domestic Assault cases as we do. We handle many of these cases and know how to get the charges dropped where appropriate. If you are not careful, the DA can try to force you to testify and threaten filing false reports if you refuse or change your story. If you want to discuss this in detail I do not charge for a consultation. Go to my website and look at Domestic A&B and call me if you need help.

I practice in the Quincy court all the time. Unfortunately, once the complaint is issued, the choice to "drop the cahrges" no longer is with you, but lies with the prosecutor's office. I can tell you that the policy of the prosecutor's office is not to dismiss any domestic A&B charge short of trial.

The fastest way to resolve a domestic A&B case is to get a lawyer, and have the matter marked up for trial, while informing the prosecutor's office that you are not on board with prosecuting your boyfriend and that you do not wish to testify. Assuming there are no other witnesses to support the claim that your boyfriend hit you, the prosecutor will not be able to proceed with trial without your testimony and the matter will be dismissed on the day of trial without prejudice. Call me at (617) 538-1127 if you wish to discuss the matter further. Best of luck.