February 19, 2013

• Steven Topazio wrote this April 27, 2014 at 8:14 pm

The client, a 21 year old mother of an infant child, admitted to sufficient facts to a charge of ABDW after striking her stepmother. The client received a continuance without a finding (CWOF) with various conditions of probation including completing an anger management program, writing a letter of apology to her stepmother, and paying all court fees and fines. The client received a Notice of Violation after failing to make payments to the court. Boston Probation Attorney Steven J. Topazio met with his client’s supervising probation officer and persuaded him to continue his client’s final surrender so as to give her more time to get her affairs in order. Today, despite a balance due the court and no plan to pay over $1000.00 in court fees and costs, Boston Probation Attorney Topazio presented to the court evidence of his client’s present inability to make payments and convinced the court to remit the money due and to find no violation.