<p>I need to apply for a NCP waiver since my daughters bio-mom has not been in her life for over 6 years. Here are some facts.</p>
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<li><p>I got married, and divorced in Canada - divorce finalized in 2000. Got a job in the USA, and had been living here since 2004, while daughter remained with BioMom in Canada.</p></li>
<li><p>In 2007, BioMom abused daughter (burning part of her body). She was arrested and charged with assault, and the children immediately removed from her care. </p></li>
<li><p>Since I was already working in the USA, and there was no other relative with whom our kids could stay in Canada (except through adoption/foster care), the courts allowed me to have physical and legal custody and move them with me to the USA.</p></li>
<li><p>She was convicted, sentenced to community service and probation. By 2010 she had served all of the terms of her probation.</p></li>
<li><p>There was a restraining order forbidding contact with daughter during the investigation, and while serving her sentence - so basically, between 2007 and 2010. </p></li>
<li><p>Subsequent conditions for her access was supposed to be set by the family court, upon Mom successfully completing approved therapy, and showing kids would no longer be in danger in her care. But this did not happen because she failed to meet the conditions.</p></li>
<li><p>She has been out of our children's lives since 2007 - no contact with the kids and we don't know where she lives currently; there was no support order - because she does not work.</p></li>
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<p>Do I need to include all these gory details in the statement to support my waiver application? Or does a statement from our the GC + Doctor stating that (1) there was an abuse and (2) that we do not have contact nor know her whereabouts enough to support our waiver application?</p>
<p>Thanks very much. I will include a summary of the gory details … but I have another question:</p>
<p>One of two of the court documents has her contact information (an old address) and her former lawyers contact information. Do you think the Financial AID offices would contact any of these addresses / lawyers to try to locate her, and attempt to get her to complete the form. We have tried and failed.</p>
<p>This varies greatly from school to school but in every case I’ve ever seen, heard of, or worked directly with, in cases of documented abuse the NCP waiver has been granted and no further contact is attempted. </p>
<p>thanks very much - I know schools like to see parents make concerted efforts to contact the NCP. But there is only so much we could have done, especially in the case of abuse, where daughter is not so keen on making contact because of the abuse history. So would they hold the fact that no attempt has been made to pursue her for child support against us? </p>
<p>^ In my personal experience, no. If you got $0, that’s what you write. You do not ever have to prove whether or hard you tried to get a deadbeat parent to pay support. They just want to know how much child support income you got. </p>
<p>Final Question: is there any risk to sending abuse records pertaining to my daughter to her schools (colleges)?. Is Is there any way this can be used against her in the future?</p>
<p>Please don’t send colleges everything. Document as you did here (short and sweet – you did it just right). Note in the explanations section that you have documentation from the court ordering her to prison for child abuse, and a later no-contact order. If the financial aid officer wants additional information from you, you will be notified. </p>
<p>This is about as clear a case as it gets for a NCP waiver. </p>
<p>Thanks very much for all your responses… I proceeded as you adviced and emailed/faxed the waiver request/petition/appeal packages to all school concerned… a few want me to include the package as part of IDOC system.</p>
<p>I appreciate your thoughts and will keep you updated about the results, issues, etc…</p>