- Jul 22, 2002
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I am seperated from my wife with whom I have two children. She was admitted to the hospital Tuesday for complications with prescription drugs.
That day, she arranged a babysitter (about 26 years old). I didn't know her, but she has been a friend of my ex-wife's for awhile. Since I had no choice but to go to work, my job was to simply drop my youngest off to her house for the babysitter to watch. My wife drives a Subaru that is in my name and insured by me. The babysitter owned an older Toyota that she drove to my ex-wife's house. I gave her one key to the Subaru so that she could get the child seats out of the Suburu. She needed the seats to pick up my other son from school later that day.
The babysitter decided to take the boys for a ride in the Suburu around 5:30pm, which I never gave her permission to do (both taking the Subaru and rising around with the boys needlessly). And got into an accident three blocks away from the house. My boys are ok, the car needs massive repair (not totaled). It was her fault and told the officer that.
Here is the problem, it turns out she doesn't have a license because she has a prior DWI. I learned this when the officer handed me a citation for knowingly letting someone without a license to drive my vehicle. And that's the problem, I DID NOT not she didn't have a license. She lied to the officer and told him that I knew, and that I had driven her from her house to my ex-wife's house. That way the officers didn't know she had been driving her own car earlier.
I now have court in October. My question is, how can I resolve this without going to court? I'm also concerned that the police will assume I knowingly put my children in harms way by letting someone with a prior DWI and no license drive them around.
The babysitter told my ex-wife that she will have a lawyer fix it. And that's all I know right now.
That day, she arranged a babysitter (about 26 years old). I didn't know her, but she has been a friend of my ex-wife's for awhile. Since I had no choice but to go to work, my job was to simply drop my youngest off to her house for the babysitter to watch. My wife drives a Subaru that is in my name and insured by me. The babysitter owned an older Toyota that she drove to my ex-wife's house. I gave her one key to the Subaru so that she could get the child seats out of the Suburu. She needed the seats to pick up my other son from school later that day.
The babysitter decided to take the boys for a ride in the Suburu around 5:30pm, which I never gave her permission to do (both taking the Subaru and rising around with the boys needlessly). And got into an accident three blocks away from the house. My boys are ok, the car needs massive repair (not totaled). It was her fault and told the officer that.
Here is the problem, it turns out she doesn't have a license because she has a prior DWI. I learned this when the officer handed me a citation for knowingly letting someone without a license to drive my vehicle. And that's the problem, I DID NOT not she didn't have a license. She lied to the officer and told him that I knew, and that I had driven her from her house to my ex-wife's house. That way the officers didn't know she had been driving her own car earlier.
I now have court in October. My question is, how can I resolve this without going to court? I'm also concerned that the police will assume I knowingly put my children in harms way by letting someone with a prior DWI and no license drive them around.
The babysitter told my ex-wife that she will have a lawyer fix it. And that's all I know right now.
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