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From what I understand from a US dept of Justice article Mental health court is voluntary, but the actual details of the programs vary state by state, even county by county. Mental health court (according tot he article) is for people that are likely to repeat offenses, because of obvious need for mental help.

Now here is the question... I am on probation, non reporting over a traffic violation (not having insurance). I was not on any drugs or drinking at the time. This is the first time I have EVER been in trouble at age 25, and a mother of 3, btw. I went to court over this, and was put on probation. I peed clean initially and was put on non reporting... fast forward... another drug test, still peed clean, BUT the lines were very faint for pot and benzos(no idea what they are?). Impossible, for anything to show up, except maybe prenatals(I am pregnant), I don't do anything, I think their tests are flawed... well the PO kept harassing me that I was doing these things, even though I showed clean, and I finally got sick of it and yelled at her to take me to the hospital to get me retested (after her harassing me for an hour) and she referred me to mental health court... and now I am being forced. I am not as concerned about the actual councilling as the meds they may try to put me on, being pregnant, and as far as just about everyone I know is and I am concerned a pretty "normal" person. I am a stay at home mom/homemaker, have always been, as an adult. Should I contact a lawyer? I am not at risk for "repeating" my offense, because I don't have a car, and no access to one, and I am going to to get all legal, as soon as my suspension is up, and buy a car, so they cant do this crap to me again. I know they hear this stuff all the time, but is there any way I can convince them that they should use their "services" for someone in more need of them than I?

I understand the need for mental health services in a community, and even recommendations of the court for them, hell, even forced(in some cases), but I have no way of getting back and forth, I am walking 5 miles each way to OB appts. as is. I think (maybe sounds like I am a nut now :) ) that it is because they want me to be in the "system" longer, because it is a small town, with small town politics, and where I yelled at the PO, but Christ, they kept accusing me of doing something I don't even have a clue what it is, and pot, which I haven't smoked since having kids! What am I supposed to do? Say yes I did something(that I didn't do) and go to jail, just to make them happy?

What to do, what to do?

Okay, explaining in more detail... I am 6 months pregnant. In short I got in trouble over something that was not my fault, and now I am on probation. I have to go in and do drug tests, and every time I show up as nearly positive for the same things, even initially. I haven't smoked ANY pot in nearly 9 months(before I was even on probation). I am not on any meds, beyond prenatals, not even over the counter, as Tylenol is about all I am supposed to take, and it is junk. I still smoke cigarettes(though I have slowed down). I didn't technically test positive for anything, BUT the lines faintly showed up for pot and benzo's. What could have caused this? If this keeps happening, I am afraid I will have to go to jail. Every time this happens should I go directly to the hospital and have an independent test? I cant really afford to do that, but I know I am not positive for anything, and do not want a drug conviction on my record (school and jobs). How accurate are these tests? Is there something they may be doing to cause this (out of stupidity, not maliciousness)?

Okay, I know a bit about computers, but this one has me stumped. My ex mother in law (nice lady) was having problems with windows. The specific problem was that "it was working fine, it was a bit loud, so I turned it off to watch my shows. I went back to turn it on, I got to the windows sign on screen, I pressed my icon, went into windows, and it came up to some screen I have to put some numbers in" I drove out to her house to check this out. Indeed it did what she said, but a more technical description of it was she had to put her product key in again. I told her no problem, but since she did not have the disc I would have to take it into my house and fix it. Now this is where things get screwy. I get it into my house (in the trunk of my car, wedged in a car seat, so it wouldn't get messed up) plug the thing in and it just tried to power up, won't boot or anything, just makes loud "fan sounds" (as my 6 year old puts it), over and over, no booting at all.

The computer is a Compaq Presario SR1503WM. It's not that old, maybe mid 2006 she got the thing. She doesn't surf the internet or anything that could have given her a virus. Not that this acts like any virus I have ever seen.

The 2 things I *think* it could be is the power supply is shot, or the mother board is. I haven't ever encountered this problem before, my boyfriend cannot figure it out either, besides these 2 things we came up with. Please help! Thanks a million for any help, in advance.

Okay here is the issue, maybe someone can help me.

My boyfriend lost or someone stole his wallet, containing his ID, Birth Certificate and social security cards. He was born in Iowa and we live in Ohio. He was also adopted in Ohio by his "dad" in 1975. He is not in contact with his family, and is not sure how to get a hold of them...

I looked on Iowa's site on how to get a birth certificate, and they need a government issued ID, but to get another government issued ID we need his Birth certificate and Social security card. So you see where this vicious cycle is going. Nowhere. I am not sure about the state of Ohio having a copy, since he was adopted here, we cannot find any of this info out, since he has no ID.

I just bought a 1994 Chrysler Concorde... for the size (I am a mom of 4) , and I got a pretty good deal ($500, some front end problems), a large car is usually better on gas than a mini van... anyway back to the point...

I found out that this year of Concorde had a ton of recalls... My friends mom sold it to me and she bought it from a shady used car lot here in town, she has no idea if any of the recalls have been fixed or not... So I am wondering if there is a site (that is free) that I can go to and enter my VIN and see what has been done to it (or not done to it)? There is no Chrysler/Dodge dealership here in town, and considering the CV joint is bad I don't want to take it too far from home. (Yes I am getting the CV joint fixed soon, my dad does the work on my cars and he is out of town at the moment) I figure I should get all the recall work done on it, hey it is free!

I really appreciate all the answers I get.