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SisterNeko's picture

Submitted by SisterNeko on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 2:35pm

I suspect BM of 'misleading' the state to get the skids state help. She does stuff all the time but doesn't get caught. I am worried it will affect FDH at some point.

Here is what I know.

The school told FDH that Skids get to go to summer school for free chase they are on state assistance for low income families. BM signed them both up last year when she was just working part time. Since then BM has gotten a full-time job and gotten married. Surly now her house hold income has increased to the point where they would no longer qualify?

She also only claims 1 child on taxes and did not have FDH's concent to sign them up. And FDH makes too much to qualify. It's 50/50 custody.

Should I report her? Or just let it slide?

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steptwins's picture

Submitted by steptwins on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 2:44pm

Mmmm. Interested in this response too. Our BM last wk applied for assistance. Won't work, take her kids, do anything but put hand out to collect. I am interested to know if she said she got 2 kids and no money to get assistance. Loser. She was so used to DH running over extra money when she had skids 5 years ago, now she doesn't take them so she can't ask for emergency "loans" from DH that I hated. Coz they couldn't go over to BM's if a/c didn't work, cable wasn't on, repo man wasn't looking for her.

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Submitted by BSgoinon on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:44pm

I call BM out every opportunity I get. And trust me, there are a lot of opportunities. And when she is cut off of whatever it is that she is recieving illegally, it makes me smile a little on the inside.

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Submitted by Jmom on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:45pm

BM in my case is defrauding a state that she doesn't even live in anymore. This works out for the best because in order to increase child support she would get caught so she keeps quiet }:)

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Submitted by Disneyfan on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 3:57pm

Do the kids get free or reduced lunch? That is the only way the school would know about her income.

Lunch forms have to be filled out each year. They can't use last school year's info for this year's programs. Since schools don't check what is reported (Title I funding is awarded based on the % of students receiving free or reduced lunch), it's possible she just lied on the form.

She may have low balled her income. If she gets foodstamps or welfare, she could leave the income section blank and just write in her case number.

Find out if she turned in a lunch form.

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Submitted by SisterNeko on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 7:34am

Ok I am going to report her - and I could be wrong maybe she does qualify but I find it hard to believe. I did the math based on what BM claims she makes (not that I believe her 100%) and what her hubby probably makes (he works at some place as FDH, doing the job that he used to have before he moved up) If they qualify it's just barely.

I started thinking about it when I was at the women's clinic a month ago. I was honest with them and told them that I was getting married and probably wouldn't qualify for the free services any more after the wedding. They showed me the income charts and I asked about the sKids. Since the Poverty level is based on the income and the number of people in the house. She said if we claim sKids on taxes then we can count them - we only claim one and BM claims one.

It's also worth noting that I don't think BM is evil - just stupid. I am sure she fill it all out a long time ago and just didn't bother to update them when she got the new job or got married. Then they kept paying for stuff so she just left it.