Married couples have to testify against each other?

[Mizzjustified]

What is the name of your state? New Jersey

Me and my b/f are co defendents in a case, I was arrested in Nov. He has yet to be arrested because he is in rehab, my question is, if we were to get married would it prevent us from having to testify against each other in furtherence of this matter? I haven't even been arraigned yet nor indicted, so this is going to take awhile. Please get back to me if anyone knows this answer. Thanks.

[Some Random Guy]

If you get married, then everything you say to him in private AFTER the wedding will be privileged.

P.S. Marrying someone just to get out of a criminal charge is pretty lame. And being unable to marry him because the guy is in rehab is doubly so.

[Mizzjustified]

Originally Posted by Some Random Guy

If you get married, then everything you say to him in private AFTER the wedding will be privileged.

P.S. Marrying someone just to get out of a criminal charge is pretty lame. And being unable to marry him because the guy is in rehab is doubly so.

Not really looking for your OPINION, for starters, we are engaged and have spoken about marriage but due to the fact we are co defendents in something serious and neither one would want to ever testify against each other, maybe the wedding bells could be sped up a bit. I wouldn't marry someone I didn't love so I could get off of some criminal charges, we are in love, I have a beautiful ring on my finger, I call him my b/f but he is in my fiance, I guess, it's just weird saying it, I still feel like im 15 and not 26.. but yeah. Thanks for your "lame" comment.

[Mizzjustified]

Originally Posted by BelizeBreeze

NOW I know what my brother calls a LEGAL WHORE!

I'm not marrying the DA or my lawyer or someone to get some charges dropped? Maybe that went over my head.

Come on people, I'm not looking to be judged, I just wanted some advice, have some holiday spirit and be a bit kinder for cripes sakes.

[BelizeBreeze]

Originally Posted by Mizzjustified

I'm not marrying the DA or my lawyer or someone to get some charges dropped? Maybe that went over my head.

Come on people, I'm not looking to be judged, I just wanted some advice, have some holiday spirit and be a bit kinder for cripes sakes.

Your FUNNY!!! You come to a legal advice site and ask if you can get out of having your boyfriend testify against you for drug charges by marrying him ?????

Get your head out of the pipe

[AHA]

Originally Posted by Mizzjustified

Not really looking for your OPINION, for starters, we are engaged and have spoken about marriage but due to the fact we are co defendents in something serious and neither one would want to ever testify against each other, maybe the wedding bells could be sped up a bit. I wouldn't marry someone I didn't love so I could get off of some criminal charges, we are in love, I have a beautiful ring on my finger, I call him my b/f but he is in my fiance, I guess, it's just weird saying it, I still feel like im 15 and not 26.. but yeah. Thanks for your "lame" comment.

If you and/or him have committed crimes, then you should pay for it. What kind of marriage is a marriage based on keeping a criminal (or two) to run free on the streets? Once a criminal always a criminal, there are no "rings" in the world that would justify scamming a way to get out of paying the consequences for ones lawbreaking.

[Mizzjustified]

Originally Posted by BelizeBreeze

Your FUNNY!!! You come to a legal advice site and ask if you can get out of having your boyfriend testify against you for drug charges by marrying him ?????

Get your head out of the pipe

First of all, It's not drug charges, don't know what made you think that. And It's not him testifying against me, I don't want to ever be in the situation where they might want me to testify against him.

[Mizzjustified]

Originally Posted by AHA

If you and/or him have committed crimes, then you should pay for it. What kind of marriage is a marriage based on keeping a criminal (or two) to run free on the streets? Once a criminal always a criminal, there are no "rings" in the world that would justify scamming a way to get out of paying the consequences for ones lawbreaking.

I have no problem doing the time, as the saying goes, do the crime, pay the time. I just don't want to have to testify against my b/f-fiance because he's in a lot worse off shape than I am and if I had to testify against him, he'd pretty much be screwed and I would get off easy and I'm not about that. We've been together for years, engaged for awhile, and I love him, he messed up, I happened to have been in the vincity of the crime (accomplice).. so it's not me they are after, more so him, but I don't want to rat him out. We were planning on getting married in the summer but ...

[AHA]

Originally Posted by Mizzjustified

I have no problem doing the time, as the saying goes, do the crime, pay the time. I just don't want to have to testify against my b/f-fiance because he's in a lot worse off shape than I am and if I had to testify against him, he'd pretty much be screwed and I would get off easy and I'm not about that. We've been together for years, engaged for awhile, and I love him, he messed up, I happened to have been in the vincity of the crime (accomplice).. so it's not me they are after, more so him, but I don't want to rat him out. We were planning on getting married in the summer but ...

Well then, hopefully you practice what you preach, so that when YOU (or a loved one) are a victim of a crime, you feel as sympathetic towards THAT criminal walking free despite having hurt you, just because he/she is "in love and want to get married".
It goes both ways, lady.

[tranquility]

There are two spousal privileges. One has to do with the private communication between spouses and survives even after the marriage ends.

[ceara19]

Originally Posted by Mizzjustified

I have no problem doing the time, as the saying goes, do the crime, pay the time. I just don't want to have to testify against my b/f-fiance because he's in a lot worse off shape than I am and if I had to testify against him, he'd pretty much be screwed and I would get off easy and I'm not about that. We've been together for years, engaged for awhile, and I love him, he messed up, I happened to have been in the vincity of the crime (accomplice).. so it's not me they are after, more so him, but I don't want to rat him out. We were planning on getting married in the summer but ...

So you want to marry a man that is not only an addict and a criminal, but isn't even "man enough" to take the punishment for his action and would have no problem letting "his woman" go down for him?

You've got yourself a real keeper there! Your parents must be so proud. You might want to go ahead and line up a good divorce lawyer, you're going to need one if you marry this loser.