My GF has a warrant filed by another party for alleged Assault and Battery to a child.How much will bond be?

Question

My GF has a warrant filed against her by another person for alleged "Assault and Battery to a child". It was really a means of discipline that got blown all out of per portion. My GF has never been in trouble with the law. Any helpful answers are appreciated. What will the process be once I take her to turn herself in? How long will it take? Will she be treated like a criminal before she is even found gilty/not guilty? What are the chances of her being able to sign herself out? If bond is set by the magistrate around how much will it be for this type of charge? We are located in Virginia

Answer 1

get a lawyer BEFORE you turn yourself in
when you are in the hands of the police you will need one and it will be very nice to say...call my lawyer, here is his number

you should have someone on your side in this situation...esp someone who the police cannot threaten

Answer 2

Well being first offense (even for a felony) its unlikely to get jail time. They rarely give jail time for first offenders. Beings its her first offense and if she's live in the town for quite a while, they will likely release her on a recognizes bond (spelled it wrong I'm sure). Basically that means she will get released on just her word/signature rather than having big bond where you want to use a bail bonds (you give them 10% of the bond, and they put up the rest). Bail bonds are usually 24 hours, all of them. So she could get back out within 3-4 hours after using there service. The catch with getting out on a signature bond is that you have to wait until your bond hearing, the next morning after getting arrested. Even though she will likely get that, its up to the judge doing the bond hearing. The bond hearing is merely to set the amount of bond or see if the person should get a signature bond (which I'm sure she would). So even though that requires no money, she'd have to wait until the next morning. Best bet case for that is to turn herself in at 3 in the morning, so she dont have to wait too long for 7-9AM for the bond hearings. Otherwise, with the bail bonds, they work 24 hours a day. The judge doesn't need to do anything. They have a preset bond amount for the offense and thats what you'd pay the 10% of. During the bond hearing the judge can lower it or give a signature bond.

And the guy who said 20k for a bond... I don't think so, thats about quadruple for the max I had in mind.. If its a misdemenor then it will be low, if its a felony it will be higher.

Answer 3

magistrate? Anyhow, the bond could be up to 20,000 dollars and youd pay 2000 dollars that you would never get back. Or you could put up the whole amount with your equity line and then you get all the money back after she pleads or is found guilty or innocent. In the mean time however you will pay the monthly paymen on the loan, so if it takes a long time to settle this you might be better off paying the 2000 dollars. I dont know how much time she might do, with a previous record theres never telling what the district attorney will go for... Either way good luck

Answer 4

When I was in Virginia the time it took for you to go through processing was rather quick. as long as you remember to bring your photo ID, and there isn't a line of people waiting to see the magistrate you should be in and out in less than 2 hours. as for the amount of bail, that depends on the county your in and the mood of the magistrate. I have seen a number of people get PR for first offense. no bond. on the other hand if bond is set it will most likely be from 500 to 2500. this is based on 2 things. first offense and no injury being reported to the child. if child was reported inured then it will be a felony charge and you will be looking at 2500 to 10,000. regardless if the magistrate is in a good mood or in the mood to listen to your case briefly then you have a good chance of getting out with no money down. I just hope you aren't in a tough area. Newport News williamsburg area where pretty easy going.

Answer 5

See thats the style of BS that colleges do. In my college district once you've a pocket knife on your pocket and also you undergo in concepts it, we are able to stroll all the way down to the workplace tell them that we had forgotten about it and there does no longer be any issues and the moms and dads could %. it up. Hell some colleges take the 0 tolerance factor too damn severe. a baby on veteran's day made a hat and placed between the small plastic eco-friendly squaddies that has an M16 rifle and the college informed him to take it off. Its like what the hell? Its a toy soldier for God's sake it may't damage all and sundry and its a celebrated day for anybody to thank those who served our united states. colleges favor to be fairly a lot less uptight. Now what i imagine could of been down grow to be, the moms and dads could were referred to as to %. up the firearm or have the police take possession of gun so as that no college capturing would erupt only in case, and the moms and dads could come %. it up. Holy crap people loosen up.

Answer 6

All the answers are good that have been given. Just wanted to comment on Brainiacs answer. Police do not threaten people. Too many conspiracy theorists out there.

Answer 7

My opinion is she should have never done any thing.See the answers are so simple.If she can't do the time then she shouldn't do the crime.You can say she is innocent but i think that might be a lie.Who knows she is being charged for it and she could be innocent.Just get it over tell the truth and she/you will be in jail.If every thing goes well BANG her up the C...R...O.....C.....H...

Answer 8

she'll be treated like an abuser. She might get a PR bond

Answer 9

you will just have to wait and see what the courts say-is up to the judge to say what will and is going to happen

Answer 10

how ever much the judge sets it for