Yes, if you’re arrested on a domestic violence charge in New York City, a temporary order of protection will be one condition of your release from jail.
This order will be in effect until a hearing can be scheduled, sometimes as long as several weeks later.
This can cause big problems in your life by preventing you from going home, seeing or talking to your spouse or significant other, or visiting with your children.
The penalties for violating an order of protection – even innocently while you try to figure out what’s happening to you – can be serious.
You need experienced legal help to guide you through the next few weeks, have discussions with the party you are alleged to have harmed (you probably cannot contact this person without violating the order), and develop a strategy that can protect you.
New York police make domestic violence arrests as a matter of policy.
If police show up during an altercation and you appear to have injured the other party, the other party claims you have injured them, or you seem to police like the likely aggressor in the situation, you will be arrested and the police will leave it to the courts to sort out.
A conviction on a domestic violence charge can shatter your life and limit your rights and opportunities forever.
Call our team of experienced NYC criminal defense attorneys today at (212) 577-6677 to make sure you have the best representation available.