( CNN ) -- Casey Anthony was `` polite and cooperative '' in her first meeting with her probation officer for check fraud and fraudulent use of a personal ID , a Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman said Thursday . Gretl Plessinger , the department 's communications director , said that Anthony reported to a probation office Wednesday at 6 p.m. for a visit that lasted a little over an hour . Anthony previously had been sentenced to one year of probation , which including monthly check-in meetings plus `` random contacts '' in the public . `` She told the probation officer that she intended to do well on probation , '' Plessinger said of Anthony . `` She was polite and cooperative . '' In July , a jury acquitted Anthony on murder charges related to the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter , Caylee , though she was convicted on four counts for misleading law enforcement . The probation sentence stems from a different conviction , for which a judge sentenced her in January 2010 , on felony check fraud for stealing a checkbook from a friend and writing five checks for $ 644.25 . Anthony 's attorneys have argued repeatedly -- and , ultimately , unsuccessfully -- that their client should not have to serve her probation in Florida , pointing to a court document that erroneously stated she would serve her probation while in prison awaiting the murder trial . As the corrections department had previously said in a statement , officials are not releasing Anthony 's address `` or anything that might lead to the discovery of her location , '' said Plessinger . This move is an effort to comply with a judge 's order that Anthony 's whereabouts should remain confidential for her own safety . `` The court made a pretty strong statement , talking about how she 's one of the most hated women in America , '' Plessinger said . `` We want to make sure that she 's treated like other offenders , in that if she violates these court orders , we will immediately notify the court . But we will put security measures in place . '' Those measures include not inputting Anthony 's information into a public database , as is typically the case with offenders . In addition , her probation officer will not be identified by name . Under the terms of her sentence , Anthony must meet with her probation officer no later than the fifth day of each month . She ca n't change her residence or employment and , as Plessinger said Thursday , her probation officer would have to OK a travel permit if Anthony wants to leave the county . Her probation office is in Orange County , unless she makes a request that is granted to move elsewhere in Florida . None of Anthony 's attorneys was present when she met with the probation officer Wednesday , the state spokeswoman said . In that meeting , the officer `` laid out for her , in detail , the conditions '' -- after which Anthony indicated `` she understood those conditions , '' said Plessinger . Among other things , Anthony 's sentence requires her to pay the state of Florida $ 20 per month toward the cost of supervision plus a 4 % surcharge , unless the fees are waived . During the period covered by the sentence , she will not be allowed to drink excessively . She is also barred from any personal contact with the check-fraud victim for the duration of the probation period . Orange County Circuit Judge Stan Strickland had earlier ordered Anthony to serve a year of probation after her release in the charges involving her daughter , but a clerk misunderstood the judge and prepared an order that the judge later signed , instructing that Anthony would serve the probation while in custody awaiting trial . The order was updated August 1 to add the words `` upon release . '' But Anthony 's lawyers contended that she could n't be required to serve probation , arguing that she had already served it while in custody under a signed order from Strickland . They also argued that serving the probation sentence now would violate constitutional protections against having to serve a sentence twice for the same offense . A Florida appeals court affirmed earlier this week that Anthony would have to serve the one-year probation sentence . She can not , the court ruled , `` take advantage '' of an administrative error to avoid serving the sentence , which was first imposed in 2010 . This backed up a ruling earlier this month by Orange County Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. , who said Strickland 's verbal order was binding and ordered Anthony to report for probation in Florida on the bad-check charge by Friday . The attorney general 's office wrote that Anthony `` upon her release ( July 17 ) , should have reported '' for probation -- something she did not do . In an emergency petition filed on Wednesday with the same appeals court , Anthony 's defense team asked that the court overturn Perry 's order before the required date . They also asked the appellate court to strip Perry of further jurisdiction in the case . CNN 's Samuel Gardner III contributed to this report .
NEW : A Florida corrections spokeswoman says Casey Anthony was cooperative . NEW : Anthony tells probation officer that she intends to do well , official adds . Anthony started her one-year probation sentence Wednesday evening . TL;DR NEW