What can happen if you r found for lying on child support papers n lying about your income to get medical?

Question

So I am going to court in 3 weeks for child support. I received my documents that I submitted and my x-gf submitted. I was going over her documents and noticed she said that she stated that she makes no income; however, has $1500 dollars in expenses. Then she goes on and doesn’t list any source of income. To me this is very strange. Also she didn’t mention anything about her house that she owns or her Jaguar that was paid in cash a year ago for 20k.

Now right where she you sign it states clearly, “I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the California that the information contained on all pages of this form and any attachments is true and correct.”

I would like to know, if she is going to be charged for perjury, and who will pursue this? Also, I would like to note, this is the same woman that is collecting Medi-Cal and Wick both government assistance. How did she pull that off in the state of California with owning a house and all her assets? Isn’t that fraud?

I have no problem with paying child support, however, when she is abusing our system and then lying on legal documents, to get more money out of me, I’m sorry but a line has to be drawn.

What can happen, who will look into this? Will she go to jail (God Forbid, but this is the same woman that I found out has been working as an escort) and now I’m seeking joint custody.

Answer 1

Hire a private investigator to get evidence against her then report her for fraud. If you don't do it know one will. People lie to get things from the government all the time and rarely ever are held accountable. Why our government gives so much money to people without doing any investigating into weather or not they are being honest is beyond me.

Answer 2

I'm not sure about the expensive car, but I know that in most states the home used as a primary residence isn't considered as a resource for deciding on need for government assistance...people have to have a place to live.  I looked up Medi-Cal myself and found that she would qualify for that if she was unemployed or underemployed or if she receives government benefits.  You would have to prove that she makes more money that she is claiming to do anything about it.  (By the way, it isn't really that strange for her to have expenses and no income...a lot of people are in that boat these days.)

If it was proven she was lying, she would probably be made to pay back whatever benefits she received, along with a fine and a ban from receiving benefits for a period of time.  The court would probably give her contempt of court...which could be jail time, but more than likely would be a fine.