Q: my husband is facing domestic battery 3rd degree and we are trying to find out what he is facing this is his first time
going to jail now he did get a ticket last summer over having a conflict with a boy over his daughter which he paid the ticket we are in Arkansas and it was ageist our son . are son pushed his dad and his dad grab him and pushed him to the kitchen sink which that's where it started at and the cops seen it and then put hand cuffs on my husband and took him to jail it all took place july 30th
A: A domestic battery 3rd degree charge is a Misdameanor meaning there is a possibility of up to 1 year in jail and a fine of up $2,500. That does not mean that he will go to jail for a year, but it is a possiblity.
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