My daughter was at a party last night and she is 17 she went to bed and was woke up by cops and they charged her with uac

It is much easier to charge somebody, although here even "probable cause" to believe your daughter broke the law may be lacking, than it is to...

It's likely that if the only case in your background was that incident then you could have received a disposition that did not result in a...

If someone places a order of protection around you but yet still lets you come around and vice versa who is in violation

There is only one person that can violate an order of protection and that is the one who the order is against. In this situation, that would be...

Is an Official after serving miranda to a juvenile obtaining a statement and releasing juvenile to another officer

It is common practice for police wishing to cover their butts to give Miranda warnings a second time to children and adults as well, but it is not...

Search and seizure Police Officer and School Official.

Maybe. Normally the bill of rights prevents government officials from doing something or taking away a person's right to do something. As such,...

Emancipation for a minor

I don't practice in CA, but I'd say that arrangement is certainly a step in the right direction, but the court might want more to establish that...

Can I serve my suspended sentence to get off probation?

You probably can do that. I'm hoping that there was a lawyer representing you on this jailable offense at the time you accepted probation. I...

Can they make me take a drug test or expel me?

Schools operate under very different rules than, say, the police. Although I have never heard of a student being drug tested based solely on an...

Do the police have the right to question a 14year old without his parents or legal representation present ?

First mistake: Telling you that you had to bring your son to the police dept. At that point they obviously didn't have probable cause to arrest...

How long can a state detain you on a fugitive warrant from another state?

The answer turns on whether or not your son has waived or is fighting extradition to RI. Under the Uniform Acts that govern the detention and...