If you weren't DUI or DWI why did you get this sentence? I had a previous DUI,and I didn't see the cops behind me. You can drink alcohol and have kids in your car as long as you aren't intoxicated. To this I don't really don't know. I have heard that you still can get open container, and maybe a DUI. I stopped and I buried that part of my life, if I didn't I know in my heart I would be dead.

Very glad that you saw a problem and changed your behavior. Lots of people won't even admit there's a problem. This is very much in your favor.

I know it's been asked BUT is there a law school in your area? Students are often available to give advice and in my area some of them are REALLY good - and free and/or not very expensive.

Here is info on law schools in Idaho - I'd start calling around: Idaho Law School - Law Schools in Idaho

Thanks it's hard quitting a very bad habit, and doing it all by yourself with really no support is hard enough. Been sober for almost 15 months, and I'm damn proud of myself for doing it!! I'm pretty sure there is a law school, finding it, is the problem. I wouldn't know the first thing to do, maybe Google it. It's also hard to do these kinds things when my kids are around, trying to keep them out of this, the less they know the better it is for them. This whole experience has been a roller coaster to me, I had no idea that my husband had this whole thing planned out, hinted to me about this state, always saying something about not being able to leave, now I know why :(

15 months sober? You SHOULD be proud of yourself.

Your husband is simply spouting off. Ignore him, click on that website, get the numbers, make some calls.

Thanks a lot for all the advice, means a lot to me!!

I've been hoping you would come back and let us know how things are working out for you.

Sometimes someone strikes a chord in me and I hope everything will be all right. You're trying really hard. Hope it's working out.

I'm jumping into this 5 page thread, so excuse me if I missed something important.

But what I read indicated that OP filed for divorce in October and, since she can't seem to find an attorney in Idaho willing to help her, the case has been stalled since.

She needs to file a motion for temporary child support. It doesn't have to be fancy, just file something. Or, alternatively, if Idaho has something like a child support enforcement agency, get the agency to help her.

But there is no excuse for a case sitting for more than 6 months, the mom struggling without child support, and while the dad is making a good income. That is flat-out absurd.

So if it's called to the judge's attention I would bet that the judge will jump on it.

Oh, and ask the court clerk how to schedule a hearing. Some judges don't seem to know if anything is filed unless a hearing is requested.