The outcome of Middle Boy's trial was GREAT. It was the best thing we could have expected.

Some interesting things came out of it...

He will now be on "open ended" probation with a probation officer. Because he is only 14 years old he has to be IN MY HOME between the hours of 8pm and 6am. There is a clause about prior approval. We need a definition of that.

He still needs to do an outpatient program. The one that was originally ordered rejected him. There is another one here in town that they will try to enroll him in. I am actually kind of excited about this one, because it is Christianity-based. His length of time in the program will be directly dependent on his cooperation in the program.

He will be on an electronic monitor through the probation office. He DIDN'T need to be on a monitor and tracker for the last month. That was an error of Service Coordinator. Middle Boy missed that part luckily.

He has all the typical, or what I assume to be typical, probation rules. Honestly though I have no idea how it works.

Praises for a GREAT outcome.