Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Pennsylvania
Please I am disabled & I have S.S.D. my parrole officer is telling me if I don't pay a certain amount for my fines he will violate me! I understand that!! However I live on a modest fixed income! &with; all my other bills it will leave me almost nothing for food&other; needs for the month!! I just got out of jail it was the first time I ever went to jail in my life!! I was a good citizen for 49 years of my life&I'm trying to do every thing right to best of my ability!! Including paying my fines& all my other bills! Please! I'm going under!! I've talked to other people including another parrole officer!! They all say (YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD FROM A STONE!!) & just pay what I can afford! However I want to know if I can do that safely&legally;!! Please! I'm scared to go back to jail!! Also I'm conflicted!! I just want to live my life unafraid &have; my hard earned freedom!! (Please help!!!). Matt Travis.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Good morning, Matt,
I qam sorry to hear of the difficult situation in which you have been placed.
If you were ordered by the Judge to make installment payments, and you have been making these payments on time, then the parole officer cannot impose additional requirements on you, including raising the amount of each payment.
If the Judge did not write it into his Order that you are allowed to make installment payments, then you should have an Attorney (including the Public Defender, if you cannot afford a private Attorney) file a Petition on your behalf with the Court and get the Judge to sign an Order which would set forth the amount of each installment payment that you are required to pay. If you keep up with the installment payments that the new Order states, then your parole officer cannot compel you to pay the full amount or pay more than the amount indicated on the Judge's Order.
Kindest Regards,
ANDREA G. TILLIS
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