Juvenile domestic violence convictions into adulthood
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 2:58 pm
Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anybody has any knowledge of for how long a juvenile domestic violence conviction will follow somebody until they're an adult?
I will spare many of the details, but the situation is as follows. 13 year old boy has fallen off a cliff mentally over the last year, has progressed through destructive behavior with substances, to threatened and attempted suicide including multiple hospital stays, to a few days ago taking his 1 year old brother away from his mother, threatened a violent outcome unless his video game systems were returned, to eventually being held at gunpoint by the police in his own home while holding a knife.
Through all these events, he's remarkably clear headed and can be communicated with, even at gun point he was asking the officers tactical questions such as why does one have a gun and the other have a taser? My opinion is that there is a severe mental condition that is so far beyond the understanding and capability of the professional counseling he has been routinely a part of, coupled with prescribed medication, that I am trying to consider the long term outcome. Everything that can possibly be done, in front of pressing charges, has been attempted. The kid has a great extended family, is in a good school district, and both him and his parents have gone through counseling and intervention, as well as coordination with the school and local police, in other words there is no burying their heads in the sand about how serious a problem this is. My opinion is that he can't understand right from wrong, and has no ability to feel any empathy towards another human being if they're in the way of what he wants. Truly sad and frightening.
Since it's so immediate, they haven't thought through pressing charges or doing anything except removing him from the home to live with a grandparent to keep the other two younger kids safe. During several episodes he has scoured the house for any weapons, I had my friend move those to my house quite some time ago based on the instability of his step-son. I am wondering/hoping how a DV charge relative to this type of offense would follow him when he's 18 and onto 21. Hopefully he gets his mind right and can become a productive member of society, but this ability to be violent at such a young age is something that frightens me to death. If these personality traits remain or progress, or even back down a little, I feel this situation is applicable to the current legislation regarding firearm restrictions based on DV convictions.
The flip side is that pressing charges such as kidnapping, assault, etc. will further strain their relationship, potentially past the point of reconciliation. What I'm wondering is is there a DV charge/conviction that can follow him once he's an adult? Basically is it worth it, if they press charges but it's either sealed as a juvenile record by default, or likely to be done so because of his young age, then the prevention to future firearm purchases that it could possibly offer is moot.
Any help, prayers, or advice would be appreciated.
I was wondering if anybody has any knowledge of for how long a juvenile domestic violence conviction will follow somebody until they're an adult?
I will spare many of the details, but the situation is as follows. 13 year old boy has fallen off a cliff mentally over the last year, has progressed through destructive behavior with substances, to threatened and attempted suicide including multiple hospital stays, to a few days ago taking his 1 year old brother away from his mother, threatened a violent outcome unless his video game systems were returned, to eventually being held at gunpoint by the police in his own home while holding a knife.
Through all these events, he's remarkably clear headed and can be communicated with, even at gun point he was asking the officers tactical questions such as why does one have a gun and the other have a taser? My opinion is that there is a severe mental condition that is so far beyond the understanding and capability of the professional counseling he has been routinely a part of, coupled with prescribed medication, that I am trying to consider the long term outcome. Everything that can possibly be done, in front of pressing charges, has been attempted. The kid has a great extended family, is in a good school district, and both him and his parents have gone through counseling and intervention, as well as coordination with the school and local police, in other words there is no burying their heads in the sand about how serious a problem this is. My opinion is that he can't understand right from wrong, and has no ability to feel any empathy towards another human being if they're in the way of what he wants. Truly sad and frightening.
Since it's so immediate, they haven't thought through pressing charges or doing anything except removing him from the home to live with a grandparent to keep the other two younger kids safe. During several episodes he has scoured the house for any weapons, I had my friend move those to my house quite some time ago based on the instability of his step-son. I am wondering/hoping how a DV charge relative to this type of offense would follow him when he's 18 and onto 21. Hopefully he gets his mind right and can become a productive member of society, but this ability to be violent at such a young age is something that frightens me to death. If these personality traits remain or progress, or even back down a little, I feel this situation is applicable to the current legislation regarding firearm restrictions based on DV convictions.
The flip side is that pressing charges such as kidnapping, assault, etc. will further strain their relationship, potentially past the point of reconciliation. What I'm wondering is is there a DV charge/conviction that can follow him once he's an adult? Basically is it worth it, if they press charges but it's either sealed as a juvenile record by default, or likely to be done so because of his young age, then the prevention to future firearm purchases that it could possibly offer is moot.
Any help, prayers, or advice would be appreciated.