Domestic violence cases can significantly influence various aspects of family law, especially child custody arrangements. When such charges arise, they often lead to complex legal challenges and considerations that can impact a parent’s rights and responsibilities.
You can read a transcript of the interview below.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: How do I get domestic violence charges dropped?
Chris Combs: There’s a number of ways we do that.
A lot of these cases are husband, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, where it’s one bad night. So there’s times when the alleged victim decides they don’t want to prosecute. We’ll get an Affidavit of non-prosecution, present that to the state, the prosecutor.
[That] doesn’t mean the case is going away. Typically, they’ll see if they can make the case without the alleged victim. Oftentimes we’ll then set it for trial. That is one way we get a lot of these dismissed.
If the alleged victim is full bore wanting to prosecute, that’s when we go back to what Steve said and do a full blown investigation. Who is this alleged victim? What does their history look like?”
And then, depositions challenging them on their version of events. Their truthfulness, things of that nature.
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