My question involves a background check in the State of: NY
I'm going to be vague because I'm uncomfortable with giving too many details... but I'll give the info I can...
Adult Child (over 18) was arrested and charged with Grand Larceny, Felony. Child is accused of stealing from job and was obviously also fired. This is a first offense and is a very good kid otherwise.
In addition to the legal consequences that may be down the road, we as parents ARE making our child do a whole series of things. One of those is getting a job to pay for all the legal expenses. Our child has started filling out applications this week.
What I want to know is how fast this may show up in a background check? Will the arrest record show? Will it only show if the child is convicted? Attorney will be working to get the charge down from the felony based on child's positive history and no priors, but what happens with background checks in the meantime? The incident has also been in local media -- do background check companies also draw info from there?
Husband and I have always and want to continue to encourage honesty, but we also want our child to be able to be "rehabilitated" to be a productive citizen. Having no experience with any of this, we don't know what to expect or how to advise our child.
Any help is appreciated! Thank you!
ps. What is one of the better background check services on the internet? We'd like to keep an eye on this ourselves and are willing to pay the annual fee (as necessary) to do so...


