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"&lt;strong&gt;Nicole Richie&lt;/strong&gt;'s probation was terminated this morning -- months before it was scheduled to end ... TMZ has learned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1201-nicole-richie-ex-getty-04\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/09/17/1201-nicole-richie-ex-getty-5.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole was on probation for a DUI in 2006, where she was driving the wrong way on an L.A. freeway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole's lawyer, the effervescent &lt;strong&gt;Shawn Chapman Holley&lt;/strong&gt;, went to court this AM -- in the rain no less -- and presented the judge with proof Nicole had completed all the terms of probation, including a glowing report from the alcohol ed program in which she's been enrolled for the last 18 months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Probation was scheduled to end in February, but since all the terms have been satisfied, the judge agreed to terminate it early.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So Mrs. Madden starts the New Year as a married but free woman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2006/03/24/271-nicole-richie\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1229_nicole_richie_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2010/12/29/1229-nicole-richie-footer-credit.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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