Kernville, CA Criminal Defense Law Firms & Lawyers

Legal custody is irrelevant to income taxes, only physical custody matters, along with whatever may be in your court orders. Review your court orders carefully. Any deductions, credits, or exemptions that go with the children belong to the parent entitled to claim the children as dependents. If this is not specifically addressed in your court orders, then under federal law, the parent with primary physical custody gets to claim the children (which would mean the parent who has the children at least 50% of the time or under Nevada law, at least 61% of the time).

The question of which I am not sure is how they are going to charge this. Technically, theft of over $250.00 can constitute a felony. This would be a Class C felony punishable by a maximum of 5 years in prison. That does not mean that that is how much jail time you would serve. It only means that is the maximum the judge could impose. Lots of time, for a first offense, all jail time is suspended. Hopefully, they won't charge you wit a felony, ,because, if so, then in addition, you loose certain constitutional rights. The other option is to charge theft 4th degree. This is a gross misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum of 1 year in jail and a $5,000.00 fine. Again, for a first offense, it is likely that all the jail time would be suspended, but the judge would impose certain conditions upon you for example community service, consumer awareness counseling, etc.

If you have been arrested, the State has likely already pressed charges. More often than not the formal charges will be filed within 72 hours of your arrest. Once you are charged, the State has six months to bring you to trial on the matter for risk of violating your constitutional right to a speedy trial.