About probation! Is the case still valid?

Question

Hi, my gf commited a felony about 10 years ago, she is still on probation here in Arizona and has to keep on making payments. The last few times she has tried to pay, besides the fact they already gave her unsupervised probation they cant seem to find her case on file. She has stopped making payments the last couple of months. Is she in danger of maybe having a warrant, or will the case just fade away somehow? Thank ou.

Answer 1

Have no doubt, she is at risk of having a warrant and gong back to jail. It may be today, tomorrow, next month or next year, but eventually someone will realize that your girlfriend stopped making payments and bring it to the judge's attention. The judge will likely issue a warrant and your girlfriend may end up in jail staring this whole mess over again.

She needs to go to the probation department and court in person. Demand to see her probation officer. If that doesn't work, demand to see the supervisor. Get the straight facts from probation and the courts. If they have ended her probation and relieved her of her responsibility to pay any more money, get that it writing so if someone does issue a warrant she will have something to support that she is no longer responsible for this case and she can get herself out of trouble.

Under no circumstances should you just ignore it and hope it goes away. This will ALMOST CERTAINLY eventually result in more jail time, possible additional fines, etc.

Answer 2

The case does not just fade away-she should still make payments, preferably by money order, and keep all her receipts secure. They will put a warrant out for her for probation violation, the violation being not paying the fines. That can land her back in jail, and the process for getting this resolved will take time. She is still state property until she is released from probation.

Answer 3

I was on unsupervised probation and had things I had to do before I could get off probation but guess what I never did none of them.My probation officer is now a house arreast officer and I was never notified of the change.I havent heard from the courts in 7 years.

Answer 4

Wow, making payments for 10 years and still needs to be making payments. Must have been a lot of money. And now, she stopped paying before the required amount was paid off. Yeah, there are records somewhere, and they could catch up with her. It will not just go away.

Answer 5

when they changed over from paper files to computer alot a files got misplaced or thrown away, she should keep calling and checking up on it though. no case just fades away and they will violate her probation and send her to jail for at least 10 days or until she gets reinstated.

Answer 6

A felony will always be on your record, i think she should get proof that she indeed try to make the effort to pay so when and if it does come up later she has proof and the courts will be more lenient. Always leave a paper trail because courts do make errors and your girlfriend will be the one to pay for it.

Answer 7

I don't think it will go away. I would send a registered letter to the agency, explaining the situation and the actions. And asking them the proper way to handle it. This way if they do come after your gf, she has taken an appropriate action and may not be in as much trouble if any

Answer 8

no nothing fades away contact the clerk of courts but document all payments made and denied

Answer 9

If they can't find her file they're problem. Take it to court with no
evidence they won't have a leg to stand on.

Answer 10

Tell HER TO REST IF THEY COULDN'T FIND HER CASE THEN ITS GONE SHE FELL THREW THE CRACKS AND IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME