My 15 yr.old son is being charged with assault (NY). He and some friends were fooling around, it got a little rough and one boy got hurt. Even though my son apologized to both the parents and boy (as did we as his parents), they are pursuing the charges. The police did not question my son or a few of the boys that were there, we were just told to bring him in for an arrest. He will be released to our custody and given a desk appearance. My concerns are that he will have a record that will follow him forever and bar him from certain jobs, and that we will be sued. We have no assets (rent apartment, lease car, no savings). What is our exposure?

