Terry Ramos60 said:Please forgive my sudden intrusion and the fact that I am veering off-topic, but as I have been reading through this subforum quite intently over the last couple of days, I couldn't help but notice a certain pattern! Is it not truly fascinating how many people seeking legal advice here seem to operate under the impression that lawyers possess some sort of supernatural clairvoyance or psychic abilities?
What on earth could a judge possibly ask when they see the father for the very first time?
What kind of sentence should we be expecting?
I mean, what can I even say? 😬- honestly, it's ridiculous - Just a heads up—the first thing they’re gonna ask for is a "full name." 😳
The constant, repetitive nagging about how I need to fix my driving habits so he just turned away without saying a single word What’s he gonna do, write me a ticket?
I was thinking more along the lines of elementary school training—but hey, whatever☕
Besides, I can't even find a single word with an apostrophe in it😁
If you can't make it, just mail a letter to the court using case number xxx—it should be right there on your paperwork—and make sure to attach proof of why you can't show up.
Basically, they’ll grant it, but don't go thinking it's set in stone.
rowdybadger3 said:Look, I’ve been in misdemeanor court before—the judge there was probably roughly my age... (I'm 30)... and honestly, I gotta admit, she was a pretty cute blonde. 😉
Thirty is a perfectly fine age for a judge, but if I recall correctly, William Edwards14 is working in law now—which is why I'm saying it doesn't seem like they've been around that long
Anyway, that's totally off topic
I don't have the energy to get into the whole delivery mess right now😢
It’s all laid out right here for you You could file an official appeal—maybe even try to push for the statute of limitations to kick in Everything you need is already covered in the "Must Read" megathread up there😬
think you can dodge a ticket from the city parking authority? man, you’re barking up the wrong tree here 😁 and trust me—that fine isn't just going to expire and vanish into thin air I remember some guy once wisely said, "this isn't the federal government; they don't just stop collecting because they feel like it" 😳
look, if we're talking about municipal parking services, we aren't even dealing with a simple misdemeanor under some petty violation code—it's literally a breach of contract. You used their service, and you didn't pay the bill. If you don't settle up, you're going to get a lovely little document from a notary—a writ of execution—and they'll tack on all sorts of extra fees for the paperwork and the notary's cut (if I recall correctly). In short—you'll end up paying $100 way more than the original fine
"I've been hit with all sorts of fines" — and now you're expecting us to help you dodge them or get the costs down 😕 What kind of fines are we talking about? What did you actually do wrong? We can't exactly read your mind unless you lay out the whole story right here
So you’re saying the cop blew it while writing the ticket—but the judge isn't quite as dim-witted as you're making him out to be?
Honestly, why are you even filing an objection against something that hasn't even happened yet—an alleged violation, in your eyes? It just doesn't add up. 😳
Since you've only got an 8-day window to file that appeal, there’s no way it’ll be anywhere near November 25th by the time you actually get it in—it's just not gonna fly 😬
Gosh, it’s anyone’s guess which court you’re dealing with—and in a massive city like Chicago, who knows which judge you’ll even end up with. Take my experience with some minor infractions handled over in Lincoln Park 😁—I didn't even realize there was a municipal court tucked away there 🤔. I never received a single summons . Over at the Cook County courthouse, they actually have a few diligent judges who won't let you slide. They practically hunted me down across the entire US and found me—though it wasn't even that hard once they started looking (they tracked me down after three months, but only bothered to start searching after six 😬). The preliminary hearing, the main trial, the ruling, the appeal—you can delay all of that an endless amount of times. Here, maybe it's a month; over there, it's two months, then waiting on the ruling, then getting it once instead of twice, then hitting the deadline for the appeal on the very last day, and so on 🥳.
As for whether the statute of limitations will expire? Nobody can say for sure, but let's be real—in most cases, there's a massive chance it will . I usually start considering the statute of limitations right after that first summons arrives—it all depends on how much time passed after the infraction. And of course, it depends heavily on what time of year it is 😬.