Lindsay Lohan was due in court today, and she's probably been sh!tting her pants over it for days. LiLo had been staying voluntarily at the LA Betty Ford Center and it's unusual for a judge to call someone out of rehab and into court. Lindsay and her lawyers had every reason to suspect dude was pissed and would be sending her back to the clink.

Turns out Judge Elden Fox just wanted to deliver the good news straight to Linz's effed-up mug.

Not only will she not be going to jail, Lindsay only has to stay in rehab until January 3rd, at which time she will eligible for "unsupervised probation," meaning no SCRAM bracelet and a free and legal Lohan back on the street. Lock up your baby strollers.

The prosecutor was said to be pissed and pushed for 180 days in jail saying, "We have not gotten her attention yet." Uh...ya think? The only way to get Lindsay Lohan's attention is to put a bag of blow on a string and dangle it in front of her face. My theory is that Judge Fox hates LiLo as much of the rest of us and is only giving her enough rope to hang herself. That way, when she effs up for the 8 millionth time, he'll be able to lock her up for good.