Documentation/Verification of Specified Relative 400-19-45-15-10

(Revised 6/1/10 ML #3218)

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Living with specified relative

Two factors are considered to comprise this element:

• The degree of relationship, and
• Living with the specified relative.

 

Document or other record generally available from the client to verify degree of relationship

• Birth Certificate
• Adoption papers
• Baptismal Record
• Marriage Certificate
• Court Order Record

 

Verification Information from other sources to verify living with the specified relative

• Contact with School System
• Hospital and Clinic Records
• Landlord’s Statement
• Contact with Public Housing Authority
• Court Support Order
• Juvenile Court Records
• Private Social Service Agencies
• Community Organizations
• Church Records
• Head Start Records
• Day Care Center Records
• Vital Records
• Visual Confirmation
• Child Welfare Records
• Records from The Office of Refugee Resettlement

 

For a school age child, the basic verification to establish "living with the specified relative" is the school record showing address of the child and the relative responsible for the child.  For a pre-school child, utilization of verification from other sources will be necessary based on the individual situation.