Legal Question in Criminal Law in New Mexico

My son had a court ordered couselor he was to see. This person was relieved from his obligations through a court order as of 3/06/09 and our son is now seeing a new doctor as ordered by the judge. We informed this couselor the same day as the court hearing 3/06/09 of this change. Prior to this court date he was sending monthly reports to the judge. He has now sent another report (for the month of March) and is now billing us for this along with a copy of the court transcript that he ordered on his own a month and a half after the court order ended his obligation. I hope this makes sense? My question is - is it legal for this counselor to bill us for transcripts and such after he was legally released from my son's care? He took this upon himself to do this and we feel if he had any doubt about the action taken he should have called the court before proceeding with any more work on this case. We do have text messages and emails confirming this release to the counselor. Thank you for your help.


Asked on 8/05/09, 3:19 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Where is your lawyer? He should bring the matter to the court's attention. Work done by this counselor after he was terminated on 03/06 was not authorized by the court and thus not owed by you. If your lawyer won't do it, then do it yourself. Send a copy of everything to the judge with a short note of explanation.

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Answered on 8/10/09, 5:40 pm


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