|
|
Special Policy Areas
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
CHILD CUSTODY INTERFERENCE
|
| |
Child custody matters are areas which pose frequent problems for people
seeking help from the prosecuting attorney's office. Child custody matters are
traditionally matters for civil law suits between the parents or guardians, not
the subject of criminal proceedings. The prosecuting attorney's office is
frequently asked to intervene in child custody matters. However, because of
legal limitations and limited resources, only specific types of cases are
prosecuted. You can review the criminal laws and the prosecuting attorney's
policy regarding
Child Custody Interference Prosecutions by visiting our web page on that
topic.
|
| |
|
|
Top |
NON-PAYMENT OF CHILD
SUPPORT |
| |
The prosecutor's office is frequently contacted about failure of
a parent to pay child support for a minor child. Like child custody, child
support matters are traditionally matters for civil law suits between the
parents or guardians, not the subject of criminal proceedings. For various
reasons, only specific types of cases are prosecuted. You can review the
criminal laws and the prosecuting attorney's policy regarding Child
Support Prosecutions by visiting our web page on that topic.
|
| |
|
|
Top |
|
| |
Bad checks are areas which pose frequent problems for people
seeking help from the prosecuting attorney's office. Checks are civil agreements
between the parties whereby the check issuer provides a written promise to pay
the check acceptor. Bad checks are traditionally matters for civil law suits
between the parties, not the subject of criminal proceedings. Because of various
policy maters, only specific types of cases are prosecuted. You can review the
criminal laws and the prosecuting attorney's policy regarding
Bad Check
Cases by visiting our web page on that topic.
|
| |
|
|
Top |
|
| |
The rights of landlords and tenants are found throughout the
Idaho Code and case law. The prosecutor's office is frequently asked to
intervene in landlord-tenant disputes. The prosecutor's involvement will be
limited to enforcement of criminal codes. Rarely are there instances where the
conduct of either the landlord or the tenant constitute a crime and even more
rare are there circumstances where the commission of that offense can be proven
to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. Landlord and tenants both share the
responsibility of entering into an agreement, before the tenant moves in, that
will protect the rights of both parties.
The Idaho Attorney General's
Office has an excellent legal manual available regarding many of the laws
affecting the landlord-tenant relationship. You can obtain a downloadable copy
of the pamphlet by contacting the Attorney General's Office or by downloading it
from the Attorney General's web site.
Idaho Legal Aid also has information available regarding
landlord-tenant issues which can be accessed by clicking this link to the
Idaho Legal Aid
web site. The site has pamphlets regarding tenant's rights, security deposits,
and the rights of mobile home tenants.
|
|
