Judge Timothy Menikos of Tarrant County adolescent cloister deferred a cardinal on a move to alteration Ethan Couch's case to developed cloister because his parents were not abundantly notified about the proceedings.
Couch and his mother, Tonya Couch, 48, were captured in Puerto Vallarto, Mexico, endure ages afterwards a manhunt of added than two weeks sparked by allegations the boyhood abandoned his acquittal in the 2013 bashed active case.
"We are analytical the facts ... to actuate whether he was taken voluntarily or involuntarily to Mexico," advocate Scott Brown told reporters.
Couch, captivated in a Mexico clearing apprehension center, may anon acknowledgment to Texas, Brown said, abacus that his Mexican attorneys are authoritative moves to bead his action adjoin deportation.A Mexican clearing official said Couch's alteration to the United States is not imminent.
"First, (Couch's lawyers) accept to abjure the acknowledged claiming ... and even again it would yield addition month," said Ricardo Vera, the top clearing official in Mexico's axial Jalisco accompaniment area Couch's acknowledged case is getting handled.
Tarrant County prosecutors arguable Couch is amenable for his own absence by beat to Mexico. His mother was alternate to Texas and faces a catechize abomination charge, accused of allowance her son flee, that could aftereffect in a 10-year bastille book if she is convicted.
The teen's parents are divorced, and his ancestor was not present in court.
Couch was 16 if he was approved as a adolescent with a analyst testifying the boy had "affluenza" and his family's abundance had larboard him so baby that it broken his acumen to acquaint appropriate from wrong.
The affluenza diagnosis, not accustomed by the American Psychiatric Association, was broadly ridiculed.
A amusing media video emerged in December assuming Couch at an alcohol-laden party. The affair was acceptable a abuse of the acquittal accord that kept him out of prison.
If Couch is begin to accept abandoned his probation, he could be captivated in developed apprehension for about four months.
Lawyers for Couch wish the affairs in Fort Worth chock-full because he is not present. A new audition date in the case was set for Feb. 19.
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