/u/CrunchyTeatime on She is the Queen of grifters here in our city. Shes been taken down before but keeps coming back. But our group is relentless. She shouldn’t even have her kids.

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This could be 100 % real. I don't see the grifting in this? Paperwork takes time, red tape, bureaucracy, and if she fled a DV situation she might not have any access to funds.