My son, Josh (19), had initially told me that he did not want me to go to court with him...because I babied him his whole life and that's why he is in this mess (his father's words to him).   He received his DUI back on March 28 and had to wait two months for his sentencing.  As the court day drew closer,  he started to get really nervous (he's never been in trouble before), and he started threatening to just take off to Utah and not show up.

Yesterday, I called him and asked him again if he wanted me to go with him, because I knew he really did...he was just worried what his dad would say.  So  he finally texted me and said YES.  I asked , "What time?"  He mumbled and said a few, um, um,  I lost my paperwork.  Last night at 10:30 I was  scrambling around trying to call my friend who is a udge at the court we had to go to,  to see what time court started and how I could get his info.  She was already asleep, I was online till about 12:00 trying to locate the info....which luckily I found!

We arrived at 8:15 and the judge finally came in at about 9:15, after the sheriff  read all of the rules to everyone.  So  we sat and sat, for about an hour and a half, listening to other people's crimes and punishments. When all of a sudden this kid who was about my son's age stands before the judge and the judge said, "You didn't show up for your community service with Cal Trans?"  The kid said, "No, I couldn't make it there."  The judge said, "Turn around."  The sheriff put handcuffs on him and took him to jail for 30 days.  The kid and his girlfriend started crying.  I looked at my son and his eyes were really big...I was kind of glad that he witnessed that before his turn, so he would realize that they don't mess around, it's serious.

When they called my son up, he pled guilty and received, 3 year probation, 1 year license suspension, $1,680.00 in fines, a 3 month drug and alcohol program, and  a 15 hour Youth Drug and Alcohol Deterrence Program.  He was set up with a payment plan of $100.00 a month and will be paying everything back HIMSELF (you might find that surprising since I "baby" him, LOL).

It was a LONG day but my son seems relieved to know that he will not be doing any jail time and hopefully he will learn a lesson, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.