chrissy_shelton said:Thank you everybody for your responses.
I have one more question. I was looking up attorneys for fraud crimes, and one of the things they said to make the case look good for me is "Gather documentation of your good character (reference letters, employment history, community service, etc.) "
our childs father is working full time, and its just enough to pay the bills and to buy food and neccesary items. I stay at home and take care of our kid because we can't affiord daycare and know nobody to take care of our child for awhile if I could start getting a job to start paying for daycare.
I am actually taking a home-school high school course for myself to get some education right now, and that will end in 2 years, and planned on starting to work when our child turned 4 or 5 (2 or 3 years) and started going to preschool so I could work while he's at school.
Since I am not working at all, I have no employment history from when I was 18+, do you suggest that I wait untill I keep a job for 8 months or so, to show a good employment history? I know that it might look bad if I wait so long?
Just wondering what the best option here would be, to wait and get a job and get a history, or to just do it now. If I was to pay back the health care I received when I was pregnant, I know I don't have the money, so I am assuming I would get jail time instead. And if I go to jail, nobody could watch our child while our childs father works..
What would you do, and what would be better for me to do? Thank you
The sooner you try to fix this situation, the better off you will be. Take stealth's advice and talk to an attorney ASAP. As far as punishment, it is not necessarily an either/or option. IF you ended up going to jail, you can still be ordered to pay restitution for the medical costs that were paid for by the state. If you deal with this NOW, your chances of walking away relatively unscathed are better then they will be if you wait.