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If you are being required to join AA or a similar program against your beliefs, your attorney should write (you may do so as a citizen/defendant/parolee) to the court, parole or probation officer to inform them that AA and the 12 steps violate your personal/religious beliefs and to ask for the opportunity to have an alternative type of remedial ...

You will have to submit this slip to your probation officer or caseworker once you complete all of your required meetings. This fulfills your AA meeting requirements, although you may have other court ordered obligations depending on your situation. 3. The Meetings. It’s normal to feel some anxiety about attending your first meeting.

While some who are sent to AA attend the required meetings and never come back, others keep coming back because they find that AA helps them live without alcohol. AA is not part of the court system. We do not work for the courts or the police department. We do not ask the courts to send people to us.

AA has no opinion about this practice, but we do provide information about alcoholism to interested parties. Points to Consider. We offer regularly scheduled meetings (not classes) and there is no enrollment. ... It’s up to each individual meeting to decide. Since A.A. is not allied with the court system, A.A. is not required to do the court ...

In most cases, if you have no religious objections to AA, a court can force you to attend AA. What is Mandated AA Attendance. In most cases, mandated AA attendance falls under 3 categories; A) Court ordered rehab and AA instead of jail; B) AA group meetings as part of penitentiary stay; C) AA as part of probationary requirements

While most meetings will sign court cards or slips, some will not. It’s up to each individual meeting to decide. Since A.A. is not allied with the court system, A.A. is not required to do the court’s work. If you arrive at a meeting early, you can ask the secretary or leader if they will sign your card or slip.

Speaking at an AA meeting is not like speaking to your doctor, lawyer, clergyman, psychologist, or therapist. ... Since A.A. is not allied with the court system A.A. is not required to do the courts work. We are not court employees.

A.A. is not part of the court system. We do not work for the courts or the police department. ... A.A. is not required to do the court’s work. If you arrive at a meeting early, you can ask the secretary or leader if they will sign your slip. ... Third Weekenders AA Camping Group May 23 May 23 - May 25. Men’s Memorial Day Weekend Retreat Jun 5

The confidentiality of AA meetings can complicate this process. AA’s foundation in anonymity often creates tension between respecting participants’ privacy and fulfilling legal requirements. Courts typically work to balance these priorities by limiting the information facilitators must provide to what is necessary for verification.

• Court classes on alcoholism, regular (outside the court) A.A. meetings or incarceration The offender under suspended sentence or on probation may be required by the judge to attend meetings of one type or another. The court class (sometimes called an honor court meeting) usually meets in the court building, and may be one of three types: 1.

Since AA is not allied with the court system, AA is not required to do the court’s work. If you arrive at a meeting early, ask the secretary or leader if they will sign your card. If a meeting leader or secretary agrees to sign your court card, they will probably sign their first name or initials. We honor your and our anonymity. We are not ...

For what it is worth: I believe mandatory AA attendance violates the Constitution. There is the First Amendment argument that AA is, fundamentally, a religious organization and that compelled attendance violates the seperation of church and state. There are several federal appeals courts that say this is the case when it comes to parole or ...

In some cases, the courts may sentence people convicted of a DUI/DWI to mandatory attendance at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. AA is a voluntary program and is dedicated to protecting the identity of people who attend. So, how do these two things go together? There are a number of ways that Alcoholics Anonymous works with the courts to offer assistance to people after a DUI and help them ...

Since A.A. is not allied with the court system, A.A. is not required to do the court’s work. If you arrive at a meeting early, you can ask the secretary or leader if they will sign your card or slip. If you were not given a court card, you will need to create your own. On a lined piece of paper make 3 columns and title them: DATE, MEETING ...

Information for Prisoners and Probationers Required to Attend A.A., N.A., or Other Religiously Centered Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs ... a number of courts have recently found that forcing prisoners or probationers to attend Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous meetings under the threat that some benefit or right will be withheld for ...

Since AA is not allied with the court system, AA is not required to do the court’s work. If a chairperson or other group member agrees to sign your papers, they will probably sign with their first name or initials. We are personally anonymous. We are not court employees.

While most meetings will sign court cards or slips, some will not. It’s up to each individual meeting to decide. Since A.A. is not allied with the court system, A.A. is not required to do the court’s work. If you arrive at a meeting early, you can ask the secretary or leader if they will sign your card or slip.

Some judges require written proof (attendance sheet example) that offenders have attended a certain number of meetings.Often, when the court-ordered newcomer attends an A.A. meeting, the group secretary (or other group officer) is willing to sign their first name, or to initial a slip furnished by the court saying so-and-so was at the meeting on a particular date.

The Supreme Court issued a murky, unsigned order on April 7 in another emergency appeal dealing with the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law Trump invoked to bypass the regular process required to ...