First off I'd like to thank you for taking the time to read this and respond to my post. My girlfriend is currently at Chowchilla State Prison and we have always talked about getting married, having a big family....you know, the whole nine yards.

She informed me that once she is released, she needs to either be paroled to the county where the crime was committed or her last known address.(She's not sure) :confused: Either way they're both 2 hours west of the county I'm currently in.

Now, my question is this: If we decide to get married before she is released, can she be paroled to the county I'm currently in? How would that work if we decided to go that route?

Thanks again for taking the time to read this post, and look forward to any and all advice I can get.


Read ya later................

Jason.

she has to parole back in to the county of committment. an in order for you two to get married before she parloes she needs to get a marriage packet, i don't remember if its from her counselor or the friends outside that has an office on the yard. well, they did last time i heard. but either way she'll have to parole back to her county

The marriage packet comes form the counselor. She fills her part out and sends it to you. Be sure to have an original copy of your birth cert for california prisons and yes, it is possible for her to transfer to your county if she does get married. It may take awhile but the other county would have to be willing to take her.


First off I'd like to thank you for taking the time to read this and respond to my post. My girlfriend is currently at Chowchilla State Prison and we have always talked about getting married, having a big family....you know, the whole nine yards.

She informed me that once she is released, she needs to either be paroled to the county where the crime was committed or her last known address.(She's not sure) :confused: Either way they're both 2 hours west of the county I'm currently in.

Now, my question is this: If we decide to get married before she is released, can she be paroled to the county I'm currently in? How would that work if we decided to go that route?

Thanks again for taking the time to read this post, and look forward to any and all advice I can get.


Read ya later................

Jason.

Do you have to be married in order for your loved one to be paroled to your county??? My boyfriend and I didn't like the idea of a prison wedding and wanted to wait until after he gets out. He would be parolled to a county different than the one I am living in. What if he has nowhere to go there but can show that he has a home in my county? Isn't there such a thing as asking for a "courtesy parole"????

Andrea M - WeAreWe

GOOD LUCK!!
my man and I got Married right when he got out and his Parole did give a two week pass and he did come here, but the Parole over here would not take him
so he was sent back:angry:
and YES you do have to be married.
His PO told me he needed to get back to L.A. county and claim homeless:eek: evil

I think the information I've been reading is that the best idea is to get married while he is still in prison, there's a better chance of his getting paroled to my county....but that the county I'm living in still has to accept his parole here before that can happen. Is this correct? If so, I guess I'll be getting married next year! LOL! Will he be informed of the parole placement decison before he is released?

Thanks everyone for your info!
WeAreWe - Andrea M

The replys I have gotten have been very helpful and informative. If my sweetie can be parolled to my county once she gets out would be perfect! And if getting married while she's in prison would make it that much more possible, then so be it. Is there a number I can call or person I can speak to about parole issues and the rules & regulations?


Thanks again to all who responded.

You can try calling the Parole Headquarters for the county she is scheduled to parole to. Also, please keep in mind that married or not, the receiving county has say on whether or not to accept a transfer. Also, if the county is a "closed county" meaning they're over their quota, then it's very unlikely that they will even consider a transfer. Basically, you do whatever you have to do to meet the criteria, family, homeplan, employment and hope that you get two P.O.'s that are willing to work with you.

This is what happened for me...but it was 8 years ago, in Southern California. My husband's (back then, my BF) last known address was not the county where I was living. He submitted my address as his parole address as we were intending to get married, which we did 2 months after he got out. Once we were married, he put in for a county transfer and it was no problem. He had no where else to live in his home county, and once we were married they can't deny you living with your spouse (unless a felon or some other issue). Before we go married he just had to do the long drive for his monthly check-ins untils the transfer went through.

Good luck.