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  • Sister's husband took off with money..please help.

    My sister's husband is in school full time and applied for osap, claiming her sons as dependants. He also got extra funds because one of her sons is disabled.
    Then he took off on them the week the OSAP came in. Everything is in his name, he didn't let her have anything to do with finances while they were married, though he was happy to have her support him financially. She made the down payment on a trailer while they were married, and I just found out he has an ad up online trying to sell it without her consent. I can't imagine it's legal for him to do this.

    I'd love to give her some good advice. She doesn't want to be responsible for his OSAP loans, since he just took off with them and isn't a member of the family unit now. She wants hers and her children's names removed from the paperwork if possible.

    They had been married for 14 months when he took off. Any advice is welcome.

  • #2
    i would call the osap offices to find out about having the names removed.

    How long have they lived together?

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    • #3
      I think they moved in together six months before the wedding. She was supporting him financially while he was in school, then he was able to apply for osap for this year because her income went down due to lack of work.

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      • #4
        As someone who has been on OSAP, I can tell you the OSAP people are very reasonable, but also don't take well to being taken advantage of. A simple call to them and explaining the situation, they will then go after him for the over paid funds... also, if HER name is not on the loans, they won't come after her anyways, he doesn't have to start paying OSAP back until 6 months after he is finished school.

        EDIT: Also... did he claim common law on his OSAP? Her signature would be required for this, but they would BOTH have to swear under oath that they have been common law for at least 3 years... OSAP considers common law 3 years, unlike almost everything else.

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        • #5
          They are married, so the common law thing wouldn't apply by the look of it. Unless I'm missing something due to lack of caffeine this morning.

          Step 1: Call OSAP and explain the situation
          Step 2: Call Legal Aid and see about getting a lawyer. She needs to protect herself and the children.

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          • #6
            No you are right NBDad... although, knowing how sticky OSAP is, she would have had to sign something to prove they were married?

            Either way...NBDads advice is correct, once OSAP gets a hold of this information they will deal with the money part of it...

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