I Paid the Lawyer. The State Still Owes Me a Report.

 💸 SWANK Dispatch: Legal Fees and the Cost of Surviving the System

🗓️ Transfer Date: 7 August 2020

Filed Under: legal consultation, international transfer, documentation proof, abuse response cost, parental defence, Bank of America, survival expense, social services fallout, institutional burden

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“They told me to get a lawyer.
I did.
And I paid for it out of pocket — in a pandemic.”
— A Mother Who Outsourced Justice When the State Refused to Self-Correct

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This financial document, a Bank of America wire transfer receipt, confirms that Polly Chromatic sent $295.00 USD(including a $45 service fee) to Keith James, Attorney, doing business as James Law Chambers in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos.

The transfer was explicitly for:

“Attorney Consultation”

This is not a “cost of parenting.”
It is the cost of institutional trauma — paid in full by a mother who had to defend her children not from criminals, but from the very people tasked with safeguarding them.

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🧾 I. What This Proves

• 📍 The Department told her to seek legal advice

• 🧾 She followed that instruction — and has the receipt to prove it

• 💰 She paid during a time of extreme financial and emotional pressure

• 📅 The transfer was made during active proceedings, in the exact timeframe her rights were being ignored

• 🧑‍⚖️ She retained formal legal representation while simultaneously complying with homeschool and documentation demands

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📌 Final Reminder:

You can’t call someone “uncooperative”
after they’ve consulted a lawyer on their own dime,
in the middle of the night,
while shielding medically vulnerable children.

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