There is no real answer. The probation officer will get to the violation when he gets around to it. There is no rhyme or reason, we can empathize with your situation, but they go on their own timetable. There is an outside chance that they will NOT violate him for lack of payment because they are mindful that jobs and money are hard to come by. Non-payment is not the worse offense they see so maybe this PO is in the holiday spirit...?
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Accepted Answer Date Created: December 21,2015