Q: My dauter pressed domestic violence charges on my son can she drop those charges
the got into a verbal fight and he put his hands on her throat and and pushed her. she filed charges and now wants to drop them because she provoked him to do it can she drop the charges now. He has no idea she even filled the charges.
A: She can talk to the police and the prosecutor about no longer wanting to move forward, but the final decision is theirs. Once a crime is reported, the decision whether to press charges or not is in the hands of the prosecutor, not the victim. Speak with your daughter about dating this man. Things are not likely to get better. Provoked or not, a man has no business physically assaulting a woman.
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