Hi , hope you will be able to help me out here. I had a fight with my husband 2 weeks back and he hit me and pushed me. He had done this earlier a few times and this time it was not as bad as earlier- I also provoked him a lot. We ended up breaking a few things at home and I called the cops when he hit me. I had warned him the last time this happenned a few yrs back since he was increasingly getting violent- he stamped then and dragged me on the floor and it was hard for me to get up . But after that incident he really tried hard to stay away from physical abuse (meanwhile we had 2 kids)but there was a lot of verbal abuse(he would call me only bi**h and a lot of other words) in front of my kids. I have 2 kids less than 4. Calling cops was a spur of the moment thing and I was not thinking clearly. We both definitely have very bad temper. On the good side- he is the best Dad to both my kids- values them more than his life, no cheating on me, A very successful business man, hard worker( on the bad side more focussed on his business than family), He is passionate about what he is doing and I still want to support him on this, he is compliments/supportive of me for my career growth. I cannot imagine having anyone better and focussed than him around. He was arrested that day and charged with misdemeanor. He got out on bond the next day. Now I really want to leave this behind and move on. I want to try to work this out for the sake of my kids. I want the case to be dropped this time- if it happens again then it is an issue of divorce/seperation. But for once I want to try to get things going. We have a court date for next week. Could anyone please update me on the procedures of getting this case dropped. I got a subpeona last week for the court apperance. He claims that he just pushed me. What should I do.I know I cannot lie about him hitting me but at the same time I dont want another court date or proceeding- please advice. Should I get an attorney ? We are together now and kids are happy although we are still not very much in talking terms. I am planning to take anger management and counselling. Please advice on how I can get the charges dropped- what are the procedures, and what we should say and act for this court date. We are in cook county, IL thanks,
It may be impossible to have the case dropped , some jurisdictions will prosecute with or without your cooperation . Your husband needs an attorney . Hopefully , he will only be sentenced to DV counselling . I suggest anger management classes for both of you .
-------------------- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. Isaac Asimov
Get yourself an attorney and tell him what you want. This is not the first time this has happened. If you were in DuPage or Kane Counties, I'd even give you the name of a great attorney to work with.
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