Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

Re: criminal law

You are correct however, there is usually a hearing to determine your inability to pay.

Sincerely,

Erick Platten

PLATTEN LAW OFFICE

STATE WIDE REPRESENTATION

Re: criminal law

You can be arrested and jailed for failure to meet your probationary financial obligations. At a hearing, you have an affirmative defense (one that you must prove) that you were unable to meet those financial obligations. Some courts have held that those who make zero effort to pay are not allowed to raise the affirmative defense, ony those who have tried to pay and fallen short. Many judges will simply extend probation, but who wants to be on probation even one day longer than they need to be? Better to owe somebody who can't put you in jail than somebody who can.