Bond

“Unfortunately, in domestic violence cases, you don't automatically get to bond out, because in Colorado, there's a provision of the Colorado constitution called the Victims' Rights Act. Under that act, a victim or an alleged victim in a domestic violence case has the right to be heard on the issues in this case and has the right to be updated as far as what's going on. So, the district attorneys are required to let the victim in the case know what the charges are and get their opinion on bond before you are allowed to be heard on bond.”

“at that hearing, you will be given a bond, and generally what we're seeing on DV cases is it's gonna range, on a misdemeanor case, it's gonna range anywhere from $1000 to $2000 all the way up to $5000 or $6000, depending on the severity of the charges against you.”

“Fourth, missing your court date. That's another critical error. Your summons has a court date on it, and missing it will be a whole new issue to deal with. FTA will usually lead to the judge issuing a warrant for your arrest. FTA could also lead to issues with your bond and simply the destruction of your credibility with the prosecutor and the judge. If something comes up and you absolutely cannot make your court date, your attorney needs to file a motion on your behalf before your court date. Missing court should never be an option.”

“Fourth, missing your court date. That's another critical error.”

“now sometimes if you are arrested let's say for a domestic violence charge that advisement can be done while you are still in custody or in jail because in colorado we just had a revision of our um in custody statutes and how long someone can be kept in jail so there's a certain period of time where they have to advise you so that you can qualify for a bond within a certain number of hours but they can advise you while you're in the jail a lot of the times judges will do that by video so it'll be like a video court into the jail”