Walk It Through: The Car They Took
A mother's car seized after her son's arrest, a case that waits, and a finding that it goes back.
Police seize a car the owner's son was driving when he was arrested on a felony. She knew nothing about it.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One seized car. The complaint, service and the claimant's answer, a landlord's exposure for a tenant's drug activity, and what happens to property that is forfeited are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Clear and convincing evidenceThe standard of proof the person asking for a guardian has to meet to show that a guardian of the person, of the estate, or of both is necessary.
- ForfeitureA civil proceeding in which the government takes proceeds of a felony and other property the statutes declare forfeitable, after proving by clear and convincing evidence that the property is subject to forfeiture.