Is my 12 year old required to make a statement?

This is a discussion on Is my 12 year old required to make a statement? within the Arrests, Searches, Seizures forum, part of the CRIMINAL LAW, ARRESTS, TRAFFIC TICKETS category; My daughter is 12 years old and an officer has been calling her because he suspects that she has stolen ...

Consult Your Own Personal Lawyer Now!
Reply

 

Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Old Jul 1st, 2009, 08:18 PM   #1
Unregistered
Guest
 

Unregistered's Avatar
 
Posts: n/a

Question Is my 12 year old required to make a statement?

My daughter is 12 years old and an officer has been calling her because he suspects that she has stolen a cell phone from a girl at school inwhich the girl had left this phone in an unlocked locker at school. The only connection that my daughter has with this phone is that she was recieving an sending text messages to it within a period of 3 hours or so. My daughter couldn't remember who she was texting but after she reviewed her activity from her account she suddenly remembered who she was texting. We immediatly called the officer and told him what she had known. WE hung up the phone and he called back at 10 o'clock at night and told me that i needed to bring her down to the station to make a statement and that the father of this girl is going to be pressing charges against my daughter for possesion of stolen property and that she would have to go to family court. Do I have to take my daughter down to make a statement when she has done nothing wrong? This whole thing seems very strange to me.
  Reply With Quote
Old Jul 2nd, 2009, 10:00 AM   #2
Unregistered
Guest
 

Unregistered's Avatar
 
Posts: n/a

Default Re: Is my 12 year old required to make a statement?

No -- you can refuse. That is certainly your right to refuse to allow that to be done.
  Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmark & Share

Tags
None

This thread has 1 reply and has been viewed 119 times

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

| More

Posting Rules
You may post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Format Your Messages
Add Forum to Google Toolbar
Forum Jump

Similar Threads

Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
In texas, is it illegal for a 17 year old girl to have sex with a 22 year old man? Unregistered Other Criminal Law Matters 15 Oct 8th, 2009 07:37 PM
Wrong license plate number, make, and year motel. Unregistered Traffic & Speeding Tickets 0 Sep 29th, 2008 03:16 PM
Hong Kong GDP hits 7.1 per cent year on year FT_news China News 0 May 16th, 2008 07:40 AM
How to help my 17 year old son (and his 16 year old girlfriend) sharonmcdonell Other Family Law Matters 1 Apr 27th, 2008 07:37 PM
3 year license suspension for 1 year probation philippian45 Trials & Sentencing 1 May 10th, 2007 02:21 PM


Criminal law issues? Contact leading defense lawyers now! Free immediate consultation!


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:30 PM.