In Largo, Florida, a mother and her son were arrested for aggravated domestic battery for admitting to hitting the daughter's fiance with a baseball bat. The difference between regular domestic battery, which is a misdemeanor, and aggravated battery is the use of a weapon - in this case, the baseball bat.
It appears from the charge of domestic aggravated battery that the fiance was living in the house. In order to have any domestic violence charge there must be a relationship between the parties where they either live together or they have a child in common, whether they were ever married or not. Interestingly, while this case is pending, there will be a court order in place which provides for NO Victim contact. If the fiance was living in the mother's home, he may be allowed to return there, and she may not. Sometimes the results of the law are very unfair.
According to the St. Petersburg Times, both the mother and son were being held without bail. This is also a part of the domestic violence laws. When anyone is arrested for domestic violence, they must stay in jail with no bond, until their first appearance hearing with a judge. In this case they were arreseted at 10pm Tuesday night, so they didn't see a judge until the next morning. The judge gave the mom a bond of $2500, and she's out of jail. The son is still sitting in jail.
If you or someone you know is arrested for domestic violence - call us.
