XXXXXXX,
I feel for you, this must be a very frightening issue. What you are going to want to find out first is if they will extradite you. That is as easy as calling the clerk and seeing if the warrant indicates they will extradite. Secondly, depending on if they will extradite or not, you will follow certain steps.
TO EXTRADITE OR NOT TO EXTRADITE, THAT IS THE QUESTION.
The first steps are the same whether they extradite or not: (1) Send payment to the clerk for all of your outstanding fines and costs as soon as possible (borrow if you must, raise money from family and friends), (2) Try to find out what class you need to do, finish it if possibly here in Florida, and submit proof of completion to the court (3) once completed, send a motion to set aside the warrant and ask for termination of your probation.
Now, if they say extradite, and you are not successful in having it set aside, then you are going to want to (1) Line someone up to watch your kids for a time and plan a trip to Colorado to turn yourself in soon, (2) Make sure to try and get some money raised up before going (3) Make the trip, turn yourself in, and decide what to do there with possibly the advise a court appointed attorney - you may want to plead out at first appearance if they offer a credit for time served deal and termination of your probation. The reason why I state here to absolutely make the trip soon is because you do not want to be arrested in Florida and then wait the entire process.
My guess is that they say no extradition, then you will have time to finish the matter. However, if you are stopped by the police at any point, you will be arrested as long as the warrant is out there and then released on some sort of bail. This will continue to happen until you clear this matter up. So, don't procrastinate, finish it and make the trip to see it closed. Remember, eventually you will need to get back there and turn yourself in and things will only get tougher as time passes.
I encourage you to finish as many of the conditions as possible before writing to the court. You need to make sure that you have someone as a back up caregiver should something happen to you. The minute you are arrested you need to be able to call someone to take care of the kids immediately, or DCF will be called.
Hope this helps and good luck.
Sincerely,
D. Perez
Criminal Defense Lawyer
7+ years Legal Experience - Former Prosecutor - Misdemeanors, Felonies and Juvenile