Sec. Clearance and evil adult stepkid
This is a tough and odd question I have and hoping someone may have some experience on this issue. I have to update security questionaire for my job and now I am married with 3 adult stepkids and stepkids should be listed (I do not need to list their phone numbers but give their address if available). Youngest SS I have a pretty good relationship with and still lives at home. older SS just an OK relationship (military and often deployed and don't really speak with much anymore). adult SD have no relationship with (if you see my past postings you will know why). Honestly she is dead to me. I never ask about her, nor does DH bring her up especially after the last time when I was in her presence I felt threatened as she was trying to physically intimidate me by blocking my path when I was walking to my seat to see my youngest SS graduate high school. Any mention of her actually causes me to have heart palpitations and stresses me out to this day years later as she got many of her relatives to gang up on me with her lies (not good for my health at all). I believe she would delight in trying to sabatoge anything that has to do with me since she hates that her father and I married (and she could not control his household with her brothers as she was out of the house when we married and only 2 SS lived at home at the time). Have any of you been in a similiar situation and how did you handle? It's easy enough to forget about her and not sure if it would matter to leave her off in these circumstances, but I am in a panic at the thought of adding her name to the form if even to say we are estranged and I have no information about her. I want to be transparent but feel terrified she could cause problems for me.
The FIS may schedule an
The FIS may schedule an interview with your SKids. They interviewed me when my SS was getting his clearance.
Since you did not raise the adult SD, I'm not sure if you need to list her. I would call the nearest FIS office and ask. Or ask your attorney.
thank you.
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Agree with RAGS.
Agree with RAGS.
I'd skip calling a lawyer unless is was JAG.
What ever you do, never lie about anything. .
The biggest area of
The biggest area of questioning from the FIS when they interviewed me regarding my parents and a trip DW, SS and I took to visit the in the Middle East when SS was 6yo.
I agree with la_dulce_vida. Be direct, explain the situation, giving them TMI regarding the toxic StepSpawn is likely better than TLI. That pre-loads the FIS agent with information if they speak to the SD.
I have to do this for my job,
I have to do this for my job, but it’s “to the best of your knowledge.” So if YOU don’t currently know SD’s address then leave it as N/A. I have my ex husband and DH’s Spawn that I have to list and I don’t know either of their addresses.
Just give the names
Address and phone number unknown. This gives them the hint you have no contact with these people, They can do with that what they want. Bet you are not the first person doing that