If a condition of my probation is that I obtain employment to pay restitution for my crime but I’m 62 and will go on SS within the month, can I be forced to get a job?
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If a condition of my probation is that I obtain employment to pay restitution for my crime but I’m 62 and will go on SS within the month, can I be forced to get a job?
Or can I agree to allow the Fed’s to take a percentage of my SS?
Asked on September 9, 2014 under Criminal Law, Washington
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
I would take on the task of changing the condition of probation officially by seeking to do so from the Judge. I understand that in the end paying it out of pocket would be the same for you but I would not want to guide you in the path of violating a condition, which is what you would be doing.
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