Legal Question in Criminal Law in Texas

My son has been requested by the police department to give a deposition on a child abuse case that him and his wife have had their parental rights taken away from them over. There were five other people in the home during the time that the abuse was supposed to have taken place. The only two people that the police are requesting a deposition from are my 19 yr old son and his 18 yr old wife. My question is does he need to have legal counsel or does he just need to answer the questions with a simple yes or no answer? The DA told them that after the deposition he would decide whether to seek charges against them or not.


Asked on 11/04/14, 4:24 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michelle Scopellite Goldstein & Scopellite, PC

Your son will absolutely need an attorney, and a good attorney.

If he states or answers anything that may incriminate him, even a yes or no, he may be charged with a crime, or multiple crimes. The statement by you that his rights to his child, were terminated by the state, is also not good.

Our firm handles criminal matters including juvenile dependency proceedings.

We charge an hourly rate and we require an initial retainer to be paid upfront when the fee agreement is signed.

We also require the replenishment of that retainer each month, and as the retainer is used up, including the payment of any net bill spent above the retainer. This replenishment of retainer will be required each month that we represent you or your son, or until the case is completed.

Our firm has offices located in Dallas, Texas and Tucson, Arizona.

Please let me know if we can be of assistance. Thank you.

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Answered on 11/06/14, 12:29 am


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