I hope she went back and claimed amended tax returns as far back as she could.
She was able to claim back three years, which yielded a refund of $3000. She had been raising the boys herself for more than TEN years, however. I still think of the fat, gross, obnoxious, self-satisfied, baby-killer New Dealer “Catholic” Thomas P. “Jabba the Hut” O’Neill whenever the subject of the impenetrable tax code comes up.