Q: What happens if a person is out on bond for assault family violence charge and got a failure to appear warrent?
My fiance just bailed out on an assault family violence charge and now he has a failure to appear warrent. And possibly other pending charges,. He also moved states while on bond
A:
I'm not 100% clear on what you are asking but I notice that this question is asked from California about Texas law. Moving out of state is not necessarily a violation of bond. It depends on the conditions of bond. There are some conditions required by the judge and other conditons that are part of your contract with the bail bonding company. If you are not clear on the conditions of your specific bond then ask your attorney and bail bondsman.
For example, I live in Austin and have represented people who got arrested for family/dating violence when they were just in town for an event like SXSW or ACL Live. Many of those were from out of state and their bonds didn't prevent them going home between court dates. I have had other clients with bonds that require them to stay not only in Texas, but in Travis County. Bottom line is that it is easy enough to read the bond conditions and the bonding contract that you just shouldn't assume... it is important to know and understand your bond.
Actually, one thing that is safe to assume about ALL bonds is that they require you to obey the law. Failure to appear on a different case is technically a violation of the law (i.e. Violation of Promise to Appear) but I'm not sure if a judge would forfeit a jail release bond over something like that which could be a minor oversight... especially if you took care of the problem soon after finding out about it.
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