i still don't understand how she can claim this 
if she can, then obviously you can. get fucking claiming instead of whinging
Offhand, I think they don't count it because it's special circumstance income, and a loophole never got fixed. Some states have laws like that, where if a person wins or inherits money, it doesn't count against government social program income because it's a onetime occurrence and not actual earned income.
It's done that way to protect old people and the disabled, who might get a little windfall of money, but not enough to change their life. It was never ment for something like this, but sometimes folks just get lucky, whether they deserve it or not.
I'd love to see the house and car she bought, I bet she's broke in 1/2 a year.........
