💸 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
“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
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.
🧾 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
📌 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.