First, it IS a court order and she defied the court order. Thus, do the crime, do the time. Second, smoking kills. She should quit, but I use to smoke and understand the attraction. In fact, sometimes even now if I see someone smoking it's all I can do not to walk up and suck the smoke right out of their lungs.
However, the judge should have looked at how this affects the mom's relationship with her children. The children would Probably have had to TELL the DAD in order for the court to arrest the mother. And the DAD definitely would have had to press charges. The DAD probably (and I'm a single mom, and this has happened to me and my friends numerous times) told the children to 'fink' on their mother if she smoked. Thus, the DAD is in the pilot's seat once controlling the mother and manipulating the children under the guise of "helping the children's health". Believe me, I've seen parents of both genders pull this sort of stuff.
I don't smoke, but if my children turned on me like that, they'd be living with their father.
And I'd be on the beach in Tahiti with Dex the Habana boy.
Yeah Baby! Does Dex have a sister?