I plead no contest 5 years ago to 7 counts of uttering and publishing and 3 counts of larcency in a building. I have no priors to this case. I was sentenced to 2 years probation with the first year to be served in oakland county jail of which i did 11 months in work release. My original restitution amount was 13,400 and was changed to over 233,000 without having a restitution hearing. If there was one I wasnt present. Anyhow, at the end of my two years I was told my probation was extended another 2 years. At that time I had to pay off all my court cost and fines which I did and I was stil paying my restitution as ordered. 2 years ago I fell ill and was going through a seperation from my husband so my source of income was limited. But I did what I could to pay when I could. I always reported to my po and always was honest about my situation. I havent been involved in any criminal activity and have never been violated in the entire 5 years of me being on probation. I was due off probation on May 15, 2007 but was told by my po that i see in wayne county that quote " They (meaning Oakland County Probation) would just violate me and extend my probation longer" I was told by him not to worry about it. That was back in March of this year. I now am aware that they plan on sending me to prison if they can prove I willingly decided not to pay my full restitution. I am in need of counsil about this matter. Because one I wa told that after 5 years I couldnt be imprisoned. But does that stand true if they "violate" me 2 months before my 5 years. I dont really know whats going on and I really would like some counsil before I go before the judge again in November. I have paid a little over 7,000 and all my court fines fees and cost were paid 2 years ago seperate of my restitution and i also pay supervision fees of 20.00 and only recently since my last surgery and hospitalization wasnt able to pay anything. I dont know if this matters but I have been surffering from an illness that resulted in several surgeries and hospitalizations and have lost a lot of time of work for the past few years which has also been reported to my probation officers and noted with proof to them in my probation records. I am still healing even now from having major surgery in May of this year and am still in the doctors care for further evaluation. So those times off work along with seperation which led to divorce, (my income was supplement to my husbands) so it was always very hard to make payments near the end term of my probation. Yet the probation department never violated me. Im not exactly sure why. I had been told they have to review my case every six months. I never as much as received verbal warnings or show cause hearing notices nothing. I have 4 kids that I have legal physical custody over 3,5,7,and 11. I am fighting hard to figure out my rights and options in this matter because I would be devestated if I was imprisoned and wasnt here to raise my children. I really need some help!![]()

