Q: will charges get dropped against my daughter for falsification charges if the dv case was dismissed against her boyfrien
my daughter is pregnant and beat up by her boyfriend. he was charged with domestic violence. she tried to recant and was charged w/falsification. the charges against him were dismissed because the prosecutor is going after felonious assault charges against him for assaulting his sister and he will get more time with that. the prosecutor said once my daughter's case is finished, he will re-indict her boyfriend with DV charges. since his original charges were dismissed - will they dismiss the charges against her?
A: No, they will not dismiss the charges against her because they dismissed the charges against him. One thing has little to do with the other. If the prosecutor believes your daughter lied to him or her, or to the police, and that she was assaulted, the prosecutor may well pursue charges against your daughter regardless of what he does with her boyfriend's case. Your daughter should get an attorney. There may be other reasons to dismiss her charges. Many domestic violence victims attempt to recant. They are not typically charged with falsification unless the first time they do so is on the stand at trial.
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