My soon to be ex-daughter-in-law has been able to pull welfare scams, and fraud for years. When she married my son 10 1/2 years ago, he was in the Marines. She lived in Iowa, while he was in California. They had a daughter at that time, who was just months old. They were married 5 months, before she decided to join him, in California. At that time she wanted me to forward ALL of her mail....when food stamps and checks came in from DHS and it had "do not forward" on the envelopes, I noticed that these were still coming in her maiden name. One quick phone call told me that she never reported that she ever gotten married, and she had even said the father of the baby had left her, and she had no idea where he was. She also had a 4 year old daughter at the time. She has pulled these scams, and my son was oblivious to them. It was just last fall, that he found out she was collecting welfare again, here in Iowa, after he left the Marines and they moved back here, 2 years ago. She reported that he left her right after they moved back here, and she even forged his name to documents to keep the falsifications going. She gave OUR address and phone number as his. Unfortunately, in dealing with social workers in this area, for years, I have found they don't check these things out, and don't follow through. My son now owes child support, for the last two years, when he was living with his wife! This is one of many reasons why they are getting divorced.
She is now being investigated in California and N. Carolina, where they had been stationed his 9 years in the service. She had always picked up the mail, and had excuses as to why he couldn't pick up the mail.....so he never knew what was coming in.
I could go on and on, but we need to see her atone for this, before we move on.
She is schizophrenic, and right now has the 3 grandchildren. My son has filed for divorce and primary custody.
Thankfully, I have kept diaries and files on everything she did, that I know of, in the last 10 years. It is a help...documentation....best way to prove anything.
Also, she was 25 and my son 17, when their first child was born. They had been dating just over a month, when she became pregnant, with our first grandchild.
It is a long journey, to get the system to listen, and do something, but I know it will be well worth it, in the end.
Investigations, accusations, allegations -- Dr. Phil's guests are ex in-laws who are practically putting each other on trial. Cindy and Randy say their ex daughter-in-law, Michele, is an unfit mother, and their 8-year-old granddaughter is living in danger. Michele says Cindy and Randy make up sick accusations. Who's really telling the truth? Renowned attorney Lauren Lake weighs in on how the courts will judge their situation. When the bickering becomes heated between the couple and Michele, find out who storms offstage. Will Dr. Phil be able to settle this battle once and for all, and will Randy and Cindy be able to finally see their granddaughter? Talk about the show here.
