What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Kentucky
My 16yr old nephew was arrested well over a year ago (15 at the time of the offense) for drug charges and assault with a weapon. He served some time initially at a juvenile detention center where a phone call between his father and him was taped in which comments concerning allegedly bribing a witness were recorded. We were told that he is being tried as an adult. The assault with a weapon involved striking an individual with the butt of a rifle, perhaps in self defense. He has not had a trial, only pretrial hearings where the county attorney, his defense attorney and mother meet privately then appear before the judge. At one of these hearings it was decided that it was in my nephew's best interest to live with his grandmother (he was living with his father), because the father had pending charges regarding the bribery. My nephew has been living with his grandmother since July 2010 under house arrest. She has no official guardianship, no legal standing, and no financial help from the parents. She lives solely on social security and draws food stamps. The mother provides health insurance for my nephew. What are her options for requiring the parents to provide financial assistance and for being more involved with the legal defense of the juvenile who is living with her. The parents give her very little information and may be impeding the nephew's defense so as not to implicate theirselves in the matter.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
My 16yr old nephew was arrested well over a year ago (15 at the time of the offense) for drug charges and assault with a weapon. He served some time initially at a juvenile detention center where a phone call between his father and him was taped in which comments concerning allegedly bribing a witness were recorded. We were told that he is being tried as an adult. The assault with a weapon involved striking an individual with the butt of a rifle, perhaps in self defense. He has not had a trial, only pretrial hearings where the county attorney, his defense attorney and mother meet privately then appear before the judge. At one of these hearings it was decided that it was in my nephew's best interest to live with his grandmother (he was living with his father), because the father had pending charges regarding the bribery. My nephew has been living with his grandmother since July 2010 under house arrest. She has no official guardianship, no legal standing, and no financial help from the parents. She lives solely on social security and draws food stamps. The mother provides health insurance for my nephew. What are her options for requiring the parents to provide financial assistance and for being more involved with the legal defense of the juvenile who is living with her. The parents give her very little information and may be impeding the nephew's defense so as not to implicate theirselves in the matter.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?