My mom is withholding my unemployment and took the grant the CARES act gave out to the students (I’m staying with a friend rn).

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LibertySandwiches on May 19th, 2020 at 12:51 UTC »

Yeah contact your school they have support systems to help prevent this

TheAmazingRoomloaf on May 19th, 2020 at 12:58 UTC »

Call the police and show them these texts.

Did she steal a paper check or are these things direct deposited into a bank account that she is on? If it's a paper check, change your address. If it's the bank account, get a new one at another bank that is only in your name then change your direct deposit.

Check your credit. If she's stolen from you once she'll do it again. Lock your credit while you're at it and only unlock it when you want to apply for credit.

newbodynewmind on May 19th, 2020 at 13:21 UTC »

As you're getting federal student loan funding, and she's going to have a shit fit when you push back, you may want to:

Ensure you have complete financial control over your accounts. Head on over to r/raisedbynarcississts as parental financial abuse is exceedingly common on these forum boards and there's a complete listing of the account you should be looking into. When you reset passwords and there are authentication questions (where did you goto elementary school, etc.), NEVER give the 'correct' answer. Put in "Snowball's School" or something fake so she can't rip it back. Can you be financially independent from her yet? YMMV, as with everyone, but if you're going to excise her tentacles into your finances, are you financially ready to be able to tell her to kick rocks? Do you have the spine to tell her to send you an itemized list of what each bill is and tell her to fuck off with the rest? Federal school funding is punishable by law if they find out that the 'refund' (the amount loaned to you which has to be paid back, with blood money interest throughout the rest of your life, is not used towards your actual college tuition, books, and fees. Feel free to cite that to her, but it's just words to a Narc. OMG she's stealing your unemployment. Dude.

Edit: Aw, shucks. You guys are cool. OP, I guess keep this in your back pocket when you're ready to cut the umbilical.