Additionally, if you already have a lawyer, you should talk to your lawyer about it as they would know the facts of the underlying restraining...

Yes. Victims have rights under Marsy's Law to be present at hearings and to give testimony when appropriate. Your attorney should be responding...

An attorney can file a motion to terminate the DVRO or ask to have it modified. Other than that, you have to wait for the expiration of the DVRO...

This is not appealable if the objection was not preserved on the record. You can bring up in a habeas corpus but you would have to have proof or...

Do you have a court date on the ticket? Did they take a police report? The prosecutor will decide if they want to file the case for misdemeanors....

Unfortunately, this happens all the time. The police department is going to arrest on a felony when they can. There is nothing you can do about...

Were the two of you in a relationship previously or share a child together? If not, this is not a domestic violence question. However, depending...

Verbal assault is not a crime unless it rises to the level of criminal threats which has a lot of elements to meet. You can always file a police...

You can be sent a letter from the court to your last known address as discussed above. In terms of the underlying charges, they likely have more...

No. A public defender cannot be put on retainer.