Professional Parent – Status can be claimed and pay received for having and raising a child. If someone is collecting pay as a professional parent, and he or she has a child in college, that individual keeps the status until that child is finished with college, or turns twenty-four.[1] Professional Parents earn a retirement stipend.[2] Other mentions.[3] Fraud can be reported to the Professional Parent Service, which is apparently by county.[4]
In Desperation in Death, Eve describes Jewell Gregg as using her daughter as a meal ticket - "nothing more than a way to pull in a monthly check without doing anything for it. She abused a program set up for parents so they can opt to stay home full-time, so they can have that choice. Or because the job they can get won't cover child care. It was a damn good day for her when [her daughter] took off. Now she could get the check and not have the annoyance of the kid." Eve had her arrested on defrauding the government.[5]
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- According to Witness in Death, one can file and claim professional parent status for twenty years per child.[6] However, according to Memory in Death, if someone is collecting pay as a professional parent, and he or she has a child in college, that individual keeps the status until that child is finished with college, or turns twenty-four.[7]
References:
- ↑ Memory in Death (ISBN 0-425-21073-1), p. 223
- ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 67
- ↑ Imitation in Death (ISBN 0-425-19158-3), Chapter 12; Kindred in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15595-6), p. 128
- ↑ Desperation in Death (ISBN 9781250278234), Chapter 4
- ↑ Desperation in Death (ISBN 9781250278234), Chapter 4
- ↑ Witness in Death (ISBN 0-425-17363-1), p. 274
- ↑ Memory in Death (ISBN 0-425-21073-1), p. 223