She is very relieved and told her attorney she was never ever going to do anything like that again (we'll see). I think the community service will be good for her. She lives in a part of town where there is a lot of homelessness and hard times and several of the places she can volunteer at are very near her so it will be good for her to be involved in that. The theft class she has to go to can only help and the fact that she is on probation and knows she can't get into any trouble is good.
husband was pleased that she received some consequeneces while still having the ability to have it dismissed after she completes it. He said if he litigated it there was a very real possibility he could have gotten it thrown out because the search was very questionable, which is why he really didn't want to handle it. Difficult position to be in when your entire purpose in working is to defend people but that isn't the right thing to do as a parent.
I took her to lunch after and we had a nice talk. There are times like today that I think she is getting it and then she goes and does something really stupid. I asked her when she was going to be the one who told her friends no instead of the one who went along with them when they did something bad. While we were sitting in the lobby they brought in about 10 young people in orange jumpsuits, handcuffed and shackled. One young girl was about difficult child's age and she had sores all over her face, we both looked at each other and mouthed "heroin". Then a guy walked by andW she said OMG I know him, he's my neighbor's friend. All young people. And I would bet that most if not all are substance abusers.
While we were waiting for the probation officer, who looked very much like Kalinda in The Good Wife, There were two young men in handcuffs sitting there and the police officer was talking to them and the one guy said he was never going to drink again and the officer asked for how long and he said well for at least a while. I told difficult child that could be her in the future and she said no she was never going to be like that.
I think it was the best result she could hope for and hopefully some of the consequences will make her think. She doesn't have much time to complete them so she will be busy.