Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

Our 23 year old son is on parole in the state of texas. He is a Heroin addict and has now relapsed. We hired an intervention specialist from california and have convinced our son to go into inpatient treatment for 30 days. He has overdosed already in the past few days and is a high risk for using again. He was denied permission to travel to california for treatment and the interventionist was told that they would like to assess him on monday maybe and then decide which treatment center in texas to use. His drug test today was dirty at his parole meeting. Our son does not think he can stay clean til monday and we dont want to risk him overdosing again. He is seriously addicted and needs help today. He wants to go to treatment in CA anyway and take his chances with the judge when he has completed his 30 to 45 day program. He says he would probably steal something in order to get drugs so he might get caught and go back to prison anyway. The treatment center in california has offered to call the parole division on his behalf. Would it be better if he just doesnt tell them he is there and go to court with an atty. when he gets back? He will be in violation but i know that they cant go get him in california at the treatment cdnter. we dont know what to do. I dont want my son to die while waiting for the tx dept. of parole to decide when and where he should be treated. This is really a life of death situation.


Asked on 11/21/11, 3:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Cynthia Henley Cynthia Henley, Lawyer

There is no court if he is on parole - it is simply up to the parole board to do whatever they are going to do. Yes, you can hire a lawyer but before is better than after. Contact Bill Habern or someone in his office in Walker County.

BTW, 30 to 35 day is NOT, not, not going to be long enough. I'm not a trained expert in the field of relapse but I have been doing this 23 years and I know what I have seen and heard. Minimum 6 months.

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Answered on 11/22/11, 9:35 pm


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