Legal Question in Legal Ethics in Tennessee
we had our 24.yr.old son arrested for "joyriding"- mainly because he was on drugs and trying to get him help. We tried to bond him out, to get him to a long term rehab, our son refused, so the bondsman put him back in jail.**also our neighbor who we do not get along with- told our son he could sign the bond papers and just leave causing major issues to get our son to come with us and get help** the jail administrator- the head guy- told us he would call the judge to place a hold on our son- so we could the rehab thing ready-. they released our son 2 days later, allowing him to bond out using our address and #- no our son is not here. We feel like the county did this maliciously, to impede us from getting our son help. the county has placed false charges against my family before. myself, wife and son -no we are not criminals! what can we do??
1 Answer from Attorneys
At age 24 your son is not a child.
If he wants to make bond, there is nothing you can do to stop him.
Under both state and federal constitutional rights, he has a right to be released on bond.
And it is VERY improper for a jail administrator to talk directly to a judge ex parte (one sided)
about an inmates bail bond.
If he does not want to go to a rehabilitation program, you cannot force him to do so.
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