Tonya Couch released from jail after posting bond

Tarrant County prosecutors drew a line between the Couches’ apparent disrespect for the conditions of Ethan’s probation – he got 10 years’ worth for killing four people – and the potential that Tonya Couch would skip bail, and Salvant expressed concern that Couch’s passport, which her attorneys have said was lost during her stint in California, was missing. If Judge Timothy Menikos grants the request, 18-year-old Ethan could spend up to 120 days in jail for violation of probation, and 40 years in prison if he again violates terms of his release.

Judge Wayne Salvant on Monday also ordered Couch to stay with another of her sons, report weekly to authorities and have an electronic monitor. She is to be fitted with a Global Positioning System monitor before release. Couch is charged with hindering the apprehension of a felon after she and her son, Ethan Couch, were caught in a Mexican resort city.

Couch posted bond Monday night after a judge agreed to lower the amount from $1 million to just $75,000.

Tonya Couch’s son Steven McWilliams testifies at Couch’s bond reduction hearing Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, in court in Fort Worth, Texas.

In arguing that the bail should remain at $1 million, Tarrant County Assistant District Attorney Kevin Rousseau said, “She has shown she is willing to violate his probation and is willing to do so in a big way”.

HO/AFP/Getty Images Reviled “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch is still in custody in Mexico.

Tonya Couch is separated from Fred Couch, Ethan’s father, who owns a suburban Fort Worth business that does large-scale metal roofing.

Tonya Couch’s new bond was set Monday at $75,000, down from $1 million.

“Couch, an underage drunk driver who hit and killed four people and injured several others, was never held responsible for his actions”, MADD wrote on its petition.

When they were arrested, Ethan Couch appeared to have tried to disguise himself by dying his blond hair black and his beard brown, according to investigators.

Tonya and Ethan Couch were found a few weeks after disappearing.

MADD was hoping for 30,000 by January 19, when a judge was scheduled to consider Tarrant County prosecutors’ request that Couch’s case be transferred from juvenile court to adult court when he returns from Mexico.