if your your adult kid killed someone would you help them lawyer up or turn them in?

[Anonymous]

Spin off from the Utah post.

If your 23 year old son came across the country and told you "hey, someone went really wrong on my trip with my girlfriend. I snapped and XYZ...."

Would you turn your kid in? Or call a lawyer friend and follow the attorney's predictable advice to "say nothing?"

This would be hard.

[Anonymous]

No I would not turn in my kid are you kidding???

[Anonymous]

"lawyer up" and "turn them in" are not mutually exclusive

[Anonymous]

You can turn your child in AND help them retain counsel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"lawyer up" and "turn them in" are not mutually exclusive

+1. You can encourage a loved one to turn themselves in (and cooperate with the authorities if they don't) as well as help someone with attorney fees. Most snowflakes on DCUM have never had to deal with something like this. I can tell you there is no way to know how you'd react until it happens to your family.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can turn your child in AND help them retain counsel.

Yup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"lawyer up" and "turn them in" are not mutually exclusive

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No I would not turn in my kid are you kidding???

So you are cool with your son murdering his girlfriend? Hope you would go to jail too if helping a criminal.

I'm guessing if your kid was murdered you would feel differently?

Typical hypocrite

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No I would not turn in my kid are you kidding???

I feel the same way.
As a parent, our love 💞 is very unconditional.

However if my son was Christopher Lee Watts & confessed to murdering his children (+ thus my Grandchildren!) I would never speak to him again.

[Anonymous]

I would support their right to a fair trial and their 5th amendment right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No I would not turn in my kid are you kidding???

I feel the same way.
As a parent, our love 💞 is very unconditional.

However if my son was Christopher Lee Watts & confessed to murdering his children (+ thus my Grandchildren!) I would never speak to him again.

That's his punishment? Sounds more like a reward...

[Anonymous]

If you’ve ever said “my love for my child is unconditional,” then either you would not turn them in to the police, or you lied to your child.

Does anyone really believe that when their child is suspected of a crime, the police “are only there to help?”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No I would not turn in my kid are you kidding???

I feel the same way.
As a parent, our love 💞 is very unconditional.

However if my son was Christopher Lee Watts & confessed to murdering his children (+ thus my Grandchildren!) I would never speak to him again.

What if your kid was the Columbine or Sandy Hook or Stoneman Douglas shooter? You'd still talk/love to him as long as the murder didn't involve your own grandchildren?

[Anonymous]

I would do my best to help them.

[Anonymous]

I would tell my kid what I would tell anyone facing criminal charges: retain counsel, and don’t talk to police. There’s a process in place for anyone accused of a crime.

And since I’m a lawyer, if my kids confessed a crime to me, it would very likely be inadmissible due to attorney-client privilege.