Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

Charged for harassment, by text messeging
I was recently charged with harassment for texting my Girlfriends Ex husband. There were no threats made toward him. The nature of the text(s) were to make arrangements to pick up her children which were to be returned to her custody Sunday evening at 7:30 on 11/9/2008. Charges were based on paperwork Ex husband filed with attorney to keep Myself ( the boyfriend) from texting him. Papers were said to have been filed around 10/1/2008 by ex husband. Girlfirends attorney never recieved copies of the papers from her ex husband's attorney, in which case we were unaware any papers were filed against us. The nature of the charge was not based upon what the text(s) messeges contained because they were not threatening, charges were filed for sending text(s). How can I fight this in court if myself and my girlfriend were never notified by her ex husband's attorney of these papers existing??? Like I said My girlfriends attorney never recieved copies of the order from her ex husband's attorney, otherwise we would have recieved a copy from him as well. My problem is that I'm not my girlfriend's attorney's client in the matter of custody for thier children, so he won't defend me. And I cannot afford an attorney. How do I fight this?

Asked on 11/10/08, 6:16 pm

Charles A. Pascal, Jr. Law Office of Charles A. Pascal, Jr.

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Re: Charged for harassment, by text messeging

What are you talking about? What "papers"?? What "Order" from an attorney? Attorneys don't issue orders, judges do.

So--Is there an order FROM A JUDGE that you are not to text him?

Did he tell you not to text him? Did he or his attorney write you a letter saying not to text him?

If not, then there is no "harassment" as that is defined by law.

Answered on 11/10/08, 6:41 pm

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