Q: A female friend was arrested on a DV assault-3rd degree misdemeanor. She actually had a warrant but turned herself in
To avoid her possibly staying overnight to see the judge the next day regarding bond, I emptied my savings account to post the $5k bond. It created a bit of a hardship on my end. She has an attorney now. Even though we have already posted the bond and had her released, can we still ask the court for a lower bond amount and recoup some of that initial bond money? It would help with additional attorney fees going forward if needed.
Thank you in advance
A: I have never seen the Court lower bond money after it has already been posted. You can generally assign the bond money to an attorney to help cover attorney fees.
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