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Sarah12730
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Florida
Is it fraud for someone to accept and cash a child support check from the state if they do not have custody of the child?
We are involved in a rather complex custody issue (note: NOT a custody battle!) about my nephew.
His mother has recently been arrested and is in jail. The father of her younger son took the younger child, but would not take the older one, saying he is not the child's father. Whatever.
However, he and my Sister in law are still married (I think) and the check for my nephew's child support came to him (the father of the younger one) last month.
When my mother-in-law (who is in the process of getting legal custody) confronted him about it, he said that he had already spent the money, and didn't have it to give her.
My husband and I have guardianship of the child until the end of the summer, and my mother-in-law had agreed to send us the child support while he is with us. Actually, it had been her idea to do so, which I think is fair, since we are the ones who are shelling out money to pay for summer camp, clothes and food for him.
I would rather my mother-in-law had gotten this money and spent it on herself, instead of this other man, who was so cruel to my nephew, and wouldn't let these two boys be together!
What can we do about this?
Sarah
Is it fraud for someone to accept and cash a child support check from the state if they do not have custody of the child?
We are involved in a rather complex custody issue (note: NOT a custody battle!) about my nephew.
His mother has recently been arrested and is in jail. The father of her younger son took the younger child, but would not take the older one, saying he is not the child's father. Whatever.
However, he and my Sister in law are still married (I think) and the check for my nephew's child support came to him (the father of the younger one) last month.
When my mother-in-law (who is in the process of getting legal custody) confronted him about it, he said that he had already spent the money, and didn't have it to give her.
My husband and I have guardianship of the child until the end of the summer, and my mother-in-law had agreed to send us the child support while he is with us. Actually, it had been her idea to do so, which I think is fair, since we are the ones who are shelling out money to pay for summer camp, clothes and food for him.
I would rather my mother-in-law had gotten this money and spent it on herself, instead of this other man, who was so cruel to my nephew, and wouldn't let these two boys be together!
What can we do about this?
Sarah