In April of this year I had a 16 year dumped in my driveway by his biologicial mother. This kid is on probation x2 felonies. He is an outstanding, respectful and willing kid. Since April we have appeared at least 6 times in court for him and won temporary custody from his mother.
His mother put him into the system for taking her vehicle. He served 6 months hard time and when he came out instead of transfering his school records, she re-enrolled him as a Freshman. After several months we have won petitions to re-instate his credits.... Yah a Junior now. This was to keep him in school as long as possible, Dad pays a lot of child support and it continues till he is 21 if in school.
Here is the problem, the Probation Officer is siding with mother (Even though we have 20+ years in Law Enforcement). He wasn't scheduled to get off probation till October after his 17th birthday and all of a sudden the Probation Officer wants to let him off early, two days before his 17th birthday. Keep in mind this is a woman who locked him up for crossing 20 miles into the next county to pick up horse feed for his horse, he was with an adult but she didn't care, she pulled him off a School Bus in full Football Gear and locked him up.
The court that gave us custody of him is the probation court and that judges jurisdiction on covers him while on probation. Where should we go from here. I know in Texas at 17 he can walk out the door and there is nothing his mother can do about it but I really don't want her on my doorstep.
Please help me save this kid.....

