My son-in-law was arrested last year for domestic violence; he has since gone to anger management classes. Now my daughter has falsely accused him of hitting her.
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Since he was arrested before and the charge now is being dropped to harassment, what's the possibility of him getting arrested for this? Can my daughter state that she falsely accused him and drop charges? Her step-sister said that she saw him hit her but that wasn't not true. What can be done to avoid him being arrested?
Although I do not practice law in the State of Hawaii, here are my initial impressions. It is clear to me that your son in law needs to hire an attorney as soon as possible. If your son's prior charges are still pending, they could be complicated by this new arrest. In any event, even if they are not, he still needs an attorney to defend this matter. To make matters worse, if your daughter simply recants her statement, she may be exposed to criminal liability for filing a false statement. An attorney will be able to develop a strategy to defend these charges while perhaps not throwing your daughter under the bus. Good luck.
