[Mammie]

Hi MrNandMrsD,

I would not worry about it...just be up front. They will (the licensing agent) dig it up, probably be major jerks about it - and they will ask questions like Nazi police officers.

By showing them you have nothing to hide, it should be a snap. Just be prepared to work to prove your side of the story and don't be intimidated!

When we went through our background check - it came back that there was a 25 year old out standing warrent for my arrest!

I was in shock! What the hey? It was in the 88th district court, taken out by the DNR in 1983 or something like that.

It was for littering on state land!

I was 18 at the time, and really was innocent! (My ex-husband was dumping our trash bags on state land, and when the DNR officer opened up the bags, found my name and address on the mail inside...hence, I got the blame!)

Anyway, I was called to court. I pleaded not guilty, and told them that it needed to be settled in a timely matter, as I was (in two weeks) moving to NC as my then husband had joined the military.

I moved, and my mother (who was living in the area, ended up paying a 200 dollar fine for something I did not do).

Anyway, back to present day....my licensing agent made a MAJOR stink over it! You would have thought I was an ax murderer! I was both scared to death and angry as crap!

I called up north where I grew up, and within 2 hours (and several phone calls later) a fax came back to the caseworker, saying that it had been cleared up at the court house and sherriff's office, but not taken off the records at the state office in Lansing. Thak-you Jesus! I love it when He blows someone's socks off!

I know that your situation is slightly different than mine...I just wanted to encourage you to hang in there.

It took us almost a year for us to pass all the hoops thrown at us (My hsuband was a 'saint'. I had lived a rather colorful life before settling down 10 years ago) and so all the little red flags that came up (there were a million of them, I swear!), where shot down (much to the dismay of our licecensing agent, who really did not want us to foster!) It boiled down to a relgious thing with her!

Anyway, Good luck and don't let that thing upset your apple cart! Plow through and go for the gold!