Q: My son opened credit cards in my name, spent 5,500 but is now in rehab. If I press charges can be do rehab instead of ja
He has 2 dui's, 1 with minor injury to another, and he has spent 12 of the last 30 months in the hospital with liver failure..can be do rehab instead of jail if I press charges
A:
that is a factual question and the answer could depend on his record and what court and DA in which you/he will appear.
did you pay what he owed?
may judges would take his substance abuse issues into consideration when determining a sentence and i have been successful doing this is the past........but there is no certainty on matter like this
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