PRACTICE AREA:   Juvenile Crimes

If your child has been arrested, or charged with a crime, or is under suspicion by the New Jersey authorities, you need to act immediately!   By contacting Mitchell Ignatoff, you can learn how your child can be effectively and actively defended throughout the entire legal process. 

If your child is arrested or charged with a juvenile crime in New Jersey, it is important to act immediately to safeguard you and your child.  If there is a  in retaining an attorney, you can expose your child to possible probation and/or detention. Children and teenagers with juvenile criminal records will have greater challenges and bigger disadvantages later in life.  But, these consequences can be avoided or lessened by hiring an attorney at the first possible moment.   Time is extremely important; the earlier you engage an attorney on your child’s behalf, the better it will be for the child.

When your child is under 18, and has been arrested, he is charged with a juvenile offense; not a crime. Punishment for these offenses is referred to as an adjudication of delinquency. This can be anything from a slap on the wrist to probation or jail. If the crime is especially serious he can be treated as an adult. Juvenile offenses are not considered crimes; once your child passes 18 the record is confidential and available only to the police and the courts.

In New Jersey, the  Criminal Justice System imposes stringent penalties on minors who are accused of breaking the law. Although it favors rehabilitation over incarceration, and is usually preferable to the adult system, there can be serious ramifications which will negatively impact your son or daughter's future. 

REMEMBER:  If your child has been arrested, or charged with a crime, or is under suspicion by the New Jersey authorities, you need to act immediately!   By contacting Mitchell Ignatoff, you will find an experienced, well trained criminal defense lawyer on your side.  Mitch Ignatoff is one of  New Jersey's few attorneys Certified by the Supreme Court as Criminal Trial Attorneys.  Call him today at 732-356-2212. 800-400-6908 or click here

Your child's liberty is at stake