Show up on the court day displayed on the ticket and contest it. If its a traffic violation most of the time the officer never shows, especially if its highway patrol, and the ticket just gets thrown out immediately. If he does show up, you can probably arrange to defer the traffic violation...
If you have not already, you should call your local sheriff department to see if you can press criminal charges. As for how long you can wait before filing a civil suit depends on the statue of limitations for personal injury in your state, which you can find here...
I'm 22 years old and have lived with my mother and father in the same house for almost 17 years. Last year my father cheated on my mother with her sister and my mother chose to stay with him. Since then our relationship has gone downhill significantly to the point where I only speak to my...
