Elizabeth Chapman, who faked test scores so that her son would be portrayed as one of the smartest boys in the world, will spend two weekends in jail.

Justin, now 10, was removed from Chapman's care in November 2001 after he apparently attempted suicide. He was reunited with his 31-year-old mother in February.

On Monday, Chapman was in court facing charges that she provided fraudulent documents regarding her son's giftedness to get assistance from the Broomfield Department of Human Services in November 2001.

The Rocky Mountain News profiled Justin's troubled life in a February 2002 special report.

Public Defender Eric Sims said Tuesday that a jury deliberated 20 minutes, then convicted Chapman of one count of second-degree forgery, a misdemeanor.

Steve Bernard, assistant district attorney for Broomfield and Adams counties, said Chapman was convicted on the count because she provided human service workers with faked IQ test results from when Justin was 3.

``While her son began the (IQ) test, he did not finish it,'' Bernard said. ``She added information to make it look like her son was a genius.''

Another forgery count alleging Chapman falsified SAT scores was dropped because prosecutors could not prove Chapman gave the government agency the scores.

Judge Randall Davis sentenced Chapman to four days in the Broomfield County Jail, to be served over two weekends beginning Jan. 11, plus payment of court costs and a $200 fine, according to the court.

After a 15-month separation, Chapman was reunited with her son in February, the Boulder Daily Camera reported. They now live in a Colorado Springs hotel where she teaches swimming and works as a lifeguard, according to the Camera.

Bernard said Colorado Springs courts are monitoring Chapman in a dependency and neglect case.

Bernard said he was not aware of other criminal cases pending against Chapman. He said New York authorities decided not to press charges against her based upon previous alleged fraudulent activities before she moved to Colorado in the summer of 2001.

Chapman could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Chapman's mother, Jane, who had attempted to gain custody of her grandson, refused to comment Tuesday from her New York home.

After the Rocky Mountain News special section ran, Chapman admitted she copied an SAT score report of a neighbor's son, attributing a perfect 800 math score to Justin, then 6. She also admitted fabricating IQ test results when Justin was 3 that portrayed him as profoundly gifted.

She also said she and her son studied an IQ test booklet before the child took an IQ test in April 2000 through the Gifted Development Center in Denver. On that test, Justin scored the highest IQ score ever recorded - 298-plus.