What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? ALABAMA
Last year, year to the day exactly, i had to call the cops on my husbands ex wife for harassment. I didnt actually press charges until October 6, 2008 b/c i was 7 months pregnant and lived an hour away from the court house where i needed to file. She was arrested on 2-14-09 for the charge and trial date is set for 5-5-09 @ 1:30pm. I want to be sure she gets prosecuted to the full extent for what she did. THIS IS WHY: 6 months prior to me calling the cops on her she was arrested for domestic violence but got deffered prosecution. I dont know the exact requirements she had for this but she told my husband she had to take 8 weeks anger management. Everything i have read about deffered prosecution says that the person usually has a probabtion period. If hers was one year then i pressed charges exactly one year after her arrest. oBVIOUSLY her anger management classes did no good since she called me harassing me about child support money that we had already paid her. She called me about 20 times calling me vulgar & offensive names, accusing me of using the money to buy drugs and anything else you can think of. In Alabama the maximum sentence is 3 months jail time or $1500 fine. SHe has no job, no car, lives w/ her parents (you get the idea) and also has custody of her and my husbands child. Im wondering if there is any way to ask for a more harsh punishment since she had a prior arrest and basically got off scott free!
I have the phone records from the night she called me, the bank receipt from where i deposited the money in her account. Now she is talking crap about me on her myspace (immature i know).
SOO i suppose my question is what can i ask for as punishment and what can i use against her in court?? I cant afford to hire another lawyer (we just hired one for his child support case against her literally 3 weeks ago).What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Last year, year to the day exactly, i had to call the cops on my husbands ex wife for harassment. I didnt actually press charges until October 6, 2008 b/c i was 7 months pregnant and lived an hour away from the court house where i needed to file. She was arrested on 2-14-09 for the charge and trial date is set for 5-5-09 @ 1:30pm. I want to be sure she gets prosecuted to the full extent for what she did. THIS IS WHY: 6 months prior to me calling the cops on her she was arrested for domestic violence but got deffered prosecution. I dont know the exact requirements she had for this but she told my husband she had to take 8 weeks anger management. Everything i have read about deffered prosecution says that the person usually has a probabtion period. If hers was one year then i pressed charges exactly one year after her arrest. oBVIOUSLY her anger management classes did no good since she called me harassing me about child support money that we had already paid her. She called me about 20 times calling me vulgar & offensive names, accusing me of using the money to buy drugs and anything else you can think of. In Alabama the maximum sentence is 3 months jail time or $1500 fine. SHe has no job, no car, lives w/ her parents (you get the idea) and also has custody of her and my husbands child. Im wondering if there is any way to ask for a more harsh punishment since she had a prior arrest and basically got off scott free!
I have the phone records from the night she called me, the bank receipt from where i deposited the money in her account. Now she is talking crap about me on her myspace (immature i know).
SOO i suppose my question is what can i ask for as punishment and what can i use against her in court?? I cant afford to hire another lawyer (we just hired one for his child support case against her literally 3 weeks ago).What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?