Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Wisconsin

Re: Disorderly Conduct charge

Your choices are to either contest the ticket by filing a Not Guilty Plea and then having the matter set for a Pre-Trial Conference where you will get a chance to meet with the City Attorney, or to pay the ticket and enter a No-Contest Plea. The No-Contest Plea is considered the same as a guilty plea, but it cannot be used against you in any type of later civil matter. If you contest the ticket, you may be able to have it reduced, dismissed, or they may not negotiate it. You can then decide whether to take it to trial and see if the City can prove their case by the required degree to have a Judge decide whether you are guilty or not. I would say that preliminarily the ticket sounds like "overkill," however, it will depend on more details of your actions with the grandparent and child. Normally a criminal defense attorney would be the type of attorney and area of law where you would seek representation for the ticket, should you decide to retain an attorney to represent you. Note that the ticket which you got will have a court date on it, so you need to be mindful about that date to either appear on the indicated date or file a Not Guilty Plea and Pre-Trial Conference request prior to that date. The ticket should provide you with the procedure to follow.