CONTEMPT: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL, WHAT ARE THEY? Contempt may be expressed in a civil or criminal context within the Family Court. Seek advice from your Divorce, Custody, or Family Attorney on how this applies to your facts and situation. CIVIL CONTEMPT Typically, a judgment of civil contempt and the penalties that goes along with it …
How Can I Help My Autistic Child After 18th Birthday? Guardian Advocate Appointment Can Provide You and Your Special Needs Child With Just Enough Support Families with young adults approaching their eighteenth birthday may find the young person is not quite ready to enter adulthood without some continuing help. Parents often desire to offer assistance …
Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission Pill Mills, Illegal Prescriptions, Stolen Evidence President Trump has appointed Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to serve on the Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission. Bondi is known for her work to help shut down pill mills in Florida. At one time these so-called pain clinics operated in the open. Unethical and greedy doctors …
Weapons and Firearms Right and Wrong Ways to Use and Carry Guns and Other Weapons Florida Statute 790 regulates the possession and carrying of weapons, including firearms, in the State of Florida. Under F.S. 790.06 you may apply for a license, commonly called a permit, to carry a firearm or other weapons in a concealed manner. If …
Determination of Paraphernalia Under Florida Statute 893.147, it is a crime to possess drug paraphernalia. Sometimes it can be difficult for authorities to determine if a particular object is drug paraphernalia or an object being used for a legitimate purpose. Florida Statute 893.146 lists thirteen different factors for law enforcement, a State Attorney, a Judge, or …
Misdemeanors A misdemeanor is a crime punishable by up to one year in the county jail, a combination of jail time and probation that does not exceed one year, a sentence of probation only and/or a $1,000.00 fine. These offenses are tried in county court and are overseen by a county court judge. The judge …
Can Your Child be Tried as an Adult? When a juvenile is arrested he or she is automatically placed in the juvenile court system. They will be taken to the juvenile detention center which is run by the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and the case is scheduled before a judge in the juvenile division. …
Juvenile Trials A jury trial is not available to a child placed in the juvenile court system. Originally, juvenile sanctions were intended not to punish a child but to rehabilitate them and so a jury trial was not found to be necessary. However, while Florida courts have been moving toward a more punitive position regarding …
Juvenile Charges When the police arrest a child, it is not unlike when they arrest an adult. They must inform your child of his or her constitutional rights prior to entering into any interrogation of the child. However, when a child is arrested, all of the records are considered confidential and are not open for public review …
Bond Hearing If you do not have the ability to post the amount of bond initially set you can request a bond hearing. In a bond hearing the Judge will consider any facts the Court considers relevant. Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.131(b)(3) specifies some facts the Court should consider. They are; The nature and circumstances of the …
