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Hello, I missed a court date back in August of this year. I showed up at court but the session was over for the day. I now have an FTA
Asked on Nov 24th, 2014 on Traffic Violations - New Jersey
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My license restoration fee has been paid and the court that I have an FTA in is the only court I have left to deal with. My license is currently of course suspended, due to tickets in the past. I recently wrote the judge explaining that I did not intentionally miss court, as I was in attendance for the previous court dates that he scheduled. I put the wrong date into my calendar and I happened to glance at my court notice so I went to the court to find out if there was anything I could do and was informed that my information/status would not be in the system until the next day. I would like to know what my options are? I am a young man in my mid 20 ' s trying to stay out of trouble and get my DL back. I have been incarcerated a couple times previously over the past few years and it is not where I want to end up again, I have my whole life ahead of me and I am trying to clean up my mess that I have made due to poor decisions. Thank you.
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the 'failure to appear' is your problem. many judges are upset with your failure and will hold you in 'contempt of court' and fine you $1000-$2000 for the 'contempt. i would have your attorney negotiate with the prosecutor so that the contempt fine is as low as possible. i would make sure that all my other fines and surchages were fully paid and that there were no issues with your 'driver's abstract'. you need a clean record'. please call if we can help. ed dimon 732-797-1600 ext 235
Answered on Nov 25th, 2014 at 1:53 PM