Tupman, CA Criminal Defense Law Firms & Lawyers

contact the defendants attorney - they can help telling the DA or the police will just result in them trying to convince you otherwise and possibly a worse outcome for you if the protection order was not removed by the court, then defendant is not allowed to have any contact with you - if the DA or police find out there has been contact, then defendant will go to jail and get new charges if the DA mails the subpoena to you, rather than personally serving you, then you do not have to go to court (unless you signed it and sent it back) if you did anything to cause the DV, you might need to assert the fifth - why, bc by telling the truth, you would be admitting to committing a crime (not perjury, but maybe harassment or assault) I have represented many victims of DV, helping them get the outcome they want. There are ways, but it does not involve asking the DA or just to drop the charges. That does not work.

There is something amiss, who is bringing the complaint, it would have to be your boyfriend/fiance. Otherwise, the authorized the use of a credit card another is absolutely correct and legal.

If it is a first time felony Domestic Violence case, with no prior domestic violence alleged, then a violation of Penal Code section 273.5(a) is punishable by up to one year in jail (half-time eligible), as a term and condition of a grant of Formal Probation, or 2, 3 or 4 years in prison (half-time eligible). This charge does not qualify for AB-109 Realignment, and if the defendant received a prison sentence, it would be served in a prison (California Department of Corrections), rather than in a County jail.