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Florida injunctions can take effect within 24 hours and carry serious legal consequences for both petitioners and respondents. This practical checklist outlines the key warning signs that your restraining order situation requires professional legal help. If you recognize these signs, speaking with a restraining order attorney in Tampa sooner rather than later is important.
Learn More...Being served with an injunction in Tampa can feel disorienting. This article walks you through the restraining order process in Florida — from service to hearing — so you understand your rights and what comes next.
Learn More...The Challenges Regarding Domestic Violence “Domestic violence” is broadly defined as violent or aggressive behavior in a home. Often, it involves abusive acts performed by an individual on a spouse or partner. Law enforcement, support groups, and domestic violence attorneys in Tampa, FL, have taken notice of its impact in the community. In turn, victims […]
Learn More...The term Dual Diagnosis refers to individuals who experience co-occurring mental health problems and substance abuse problems. This introduces increased complexity into a person’s life, and treatment for dual diagnoses is far more difficult than simply addressing each separate disorder. The interactions between one’s mental health and physical addiction exacerbate the presentation of each disorder, […]
Learn More...This is one of the first questions many individuals ask the criminal attorneys and family law lawyers of Hackworth Law. Ultimately, the specific judge’s primary implication on the case will be by making specific legal decisions in your case, like on a motion to dismiss, motion to suppress, etc. The current Florida sentencing scoring system […]
Learn More...Our Criminal Attorneys Tampa are often asked about these issues. Many individuals previously convicted of criminal charges in Florida are incredibly frustrated with Florida’s current sentencing structure which permits the prosecution in its preparation of score sheets to continue to bring up old charges. Further, many judges in misdemeanor cases, which legally do not rely […]
Learn More...Our Clearwater VOP Attorneys are often asked by our Clients, which judge will be handling their violation of probation case regardless of whether it is a felony or misdemeanor. All counties have their own arrangements for the handling of VOPs/violations of probation because of the sheer number of the cases in the system. Prior to […]
Learn More...Many Tampa criminal defense attorneys are often asked about what specifically community control entails as part of a criminal sentence. As we have discussed elsewhere on our Tampa criminal defense attorney blog, community control is a potential sentencing option during your Florida criminal case. Chapter 948 provides the statutory limitations for community control and/or probation. […]
Learn More...Tampa criminal lawyers are constantly discussing with their clients whether they should testify on their own behalf. This is one of the most important decisions made in any trial. As I am sure you are aware, if you are reading our Tampa criminal lawyer blog, the decision as to whether to testify in your […]
Learn More...A furlough or turn in date provides a criminal defendant the opportunity to be sentenced to a county jail or state prison sentence, but “turn in” later. For example, if an individual enters a plea to a sentence of a year and a day in a Florida State Prison on December 15th and the defendant […]
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