No contact order question PLEASE HELP

I am 17 years old and my boyfriend is 23. He is on probation and will be until the end of next year. He has this crazy "friend" who used to date my sister. My sister broke up with him and he is still obsessed with her. By association he now hates me and had this idea that I wanted to destroy his and my boyfriend's friendship. Because he is a selfish psychopath, he called up my boyfriend's probation officer and told her that me and my boyfriend were having sexual relations which is NOT true. Even though his p.o. heard this from an unreliable source she still put a no contact order between me and my boyfriend. I know my boyfriend will not get into any trouble with that accusation because it wasn't me or my parent's who reported anything, but it kills me not to be able to see or talk to him because of a false accusation. I turn 18 in a month so I am wondering if the no contact order will be lifted when I turn 18 since the only reason why it was issued was because I am under 18.

Unfortunately, one of the consequences of being convicted and on probation is that most of your friend's civil rights have been given up. Probation officers have wide discretion to order all sorts of things that many others find to be arbitrary.

I assume from your post that you had no involvement in the underlying crime for which your friend was convicted.

I would suggest the first thing you should do is look at the terms of the no contact order, if it is available to you. It might say right on there something about the age issue. Possibly, the order says on its face that it only applies until you are 18.

Failing that, after you do turn 18, the probation officer may be approached and if the situation is explained, perhaps it may be resolved by the probation officer agreeing to lift the order.

If that does not work, the only other option is for an attorney to get involved and present the matter to the court. Although probation officers have a wide range of discretion, it is not unlimited. Generally, consenting adults are free to associate as they please. There can be exceptions when they have been involved in past criminal activity together and one or both of them is on probation, but, again, I take it that does not apply. A judge might very well decide that the order should be set aside.

Take this seriously, though. If the order is violated your friend could easily wind up in jail and you do not want that on your conscience. So, no contact at all until this is cleared up.