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* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/FoggyNightsAndPhantomFlights The Crow Cries at Midnight]]'': [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi's]] previous foster parents took him in solely for the welfare checks and were otherwise extremely [[WouldHurtAChild abusive]] and [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] towards him. Akechi lampshades this in the first chapter, outright stating that he's "a living welfare check" which his guardians have no intention of giving up. When police detective [[VideoGame/Persona4 Ryotaro Dojima]] offers to adopt him for far more altruistic reasons, Akechi immediately assumes that the man has ulterior motives for taking him in, noting that the added financial support would be beneficial for a single dad such as himself. However, rather than squandering the money on lavish vacations, Dojima transparently uses it to provide for his newly-adopted foster kid, [[SubvertedTrope making it clear that he genuinely wants to give Akechi a loving home]].

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/FoggyNightsAndPhantomFlights The Crow Cries at Midnight]]'': [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi's]] previous foster parents took him in solely for the welfare checks and were otherwise extremely [[WouldHurtAChild abusive]] and [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] towards him. Akechi lampshades this in the first chapter, outright stating that he's "a living welfare check" which his guardians have no intention of giving up. When police detective [[VideoGame/Persona4 Ryotaro Dojima]] offers to adopt him for far more altruistic reasons, Akechi immediately assumes that the man has ulterior motives for taking him in, noting that the added financial support would be useful for a single dad such as himself. However, rather than squandering the money on lavish vacations, Dojima transparently uses it to provide for his newly-adopted foster kid, [[SubvertedTrope making it clear that he genuinely wants to give Akechi a loving home]].

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/FoggyNightsAndPhantomFlights The Crow Cries at Midnight]]'': [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi's]] previous foster parents took him in solely for the welfare checks and were otherwise extremely [[WouldHurtAChild abusive]] and [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] towards him. Akechi lampshades this in the first chapter, outright stating that he's "a living welfare check" which his guardians have no intention of giving up. When police detective [[VideoGame/Persona4 Ryotaro Dojima]] offers to adopt him for far more altruistic reasons, Akechi immediately assumes that the man has ulterior motives for taking him in, noting that the added financial support would be useful for a single dad such as himself. However, rather than squandering the welfare checks on lavish vacations, Dojima transparently uses them to provide for his newly-adopted foster kid, [[SubvertedTrope making it clear that he genuinely wants to give Akechi a loving home]].

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/FoggyNightsAndPhantomFlights The Crow Cries at Midnight]]'': [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi's]] previous foster parents took him in solely for the welfare checks and were otherwise extremely [[WouldHurtAChild abusive]] and [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] towards him. Akechi lampshades this in the first chapter, outright stating that he's "a living welfare check" which his guardians have no intention of giving up. When police detective [[VideoGame/Persona4 Ryotaro Dojima]] offers to adopt him for far more altruistic reasons, Akechi immediately assumes that the man has ulterior motives for taking him in, noting that the added financial support would certainly be helpful for a single dad such as himself. However, rather than squandering the welfare checks on lavish vacations, Dojima transparently uses them to provide for his newly-adopted foster child, [[SubvertedTrope making it clear that he genuinely wants to give Akechi a loving home]].

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FoggyNightsAndPhantomFlights'': [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi's]] previous foster parents took him in solely for the welfare checks and were otherwise extremely [[WouldHurtAChild abusive]] and [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] towards him. Akechi lampshades this in the first chapter, outright stating that he's "a living welfare check" which his guardians have no intention of giving up. When police detective [[VideoGame/Persona4 Ryotaro Dojima]] offers to adopt him for far more altruistic reasons, Akechi immediately assumes that the man has ulterior motives for taking him in, noting that the added financial support would certainly be helpful for a single dad such as himself. [[SubvertedTrope Its only after living with the family for a week when he realizes that Dojima is serious about giving him a home]].

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FoggyNightsAndPhantomFlights'': [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi's]] previous foster parents took him in solely for the welfare checks and were otherwise extremely [[WouldHurtAChild abusive]] and [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] towards him. Akechi lampshades this in the first chapter, outright stating that he's "a living welfare check" which his guardians have no intention of giving up. When police detective [[VideoGame/Persona4 Ryotaro Dojima]] offers to adopt him for far more altruistic reasons, Akechi immediately assumes that the man has ulterior motives for taking him in, noting that the added financial support would certainly be helpful for a single dad such as himself. Its only after living with the family for a week when he realizes that [[SubvertedTrope Dojima is serious about giving him a loving home]].

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FoggyNightsAndPhantomFlights'': [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi's]] previous foster parents took him in solely for the welfare checks, and were otherwise extremely [[WouldHurtAChild abusive]] and [[ParentalNeglect neglectful]] towards him, prompting social services to intervene. When police detective and single father [[VideoGame/Persona4 Ryotaro Dojima]] offers to adopt him for far more altruistic reasons, Akechi immediately assumes that the man has ulterior motives for taking him in, only realizing later that [[SubvertedTrope the latter genuinely wants to him a home]].

* In the ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' fanfic ''FanFic/{{Freefall}}'', some of the people fostering [[spoiler:Fin and Sebastian]] do this.

* ''Series/CaitlinsWay": Caitlin suspects this is the case in "Caitlin's Trust", when she learns that Jim and Dori are receiving monthly government checks for taking care of her, which coincides with Jim purchasing a fancy new ATV. The pilot episode implied that this was the case with her previous foster family, so she's not unjustified in thinking this, [[spoiler: but it turns out they've actually been putting the money in a trust fund for her, which she'll be able to access when she turns eighteen. The ATV was bought with Jim's own money.]]

* ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'': Count Olaf adopts the Baudelaire siblings to get access to their parents' money, and in the first book he actually tries to marry Violet so he can get access to it that way.

%%* Done to Rose's brother in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' volume "A Doll's House".

This can be very similar to an OrphanageOfFear. See also AbusiveParents, DepartmentOfChildDisservices, FinancialAbuse, and WickedStepmother.

-->'''Police officer:''' You're under arrest for [[LongList child cruelty, child endangerment, depriving children of food, selling children AS food]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking misrepresenting the weight of livestock.]]

-->'''Police officer:''' You're under arrest for [[LongList child cruelty, child endangerment, depriving children of food, selling children AS food]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking misrepresenting the weight of livestock.]]

* {{Inverted|Trope}} on ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''--[[SatisfiedStreetRat Kai]] grew up in an orphanage until he was adopted by a nice family...whom he proceeded to rob blind before running away. Soon after he gets [[BlowYouAway Airbending]] powers and is reluctantly taken in by Team Avatar, only for him to screw ''them'' over too. Fortunately, [[BreakTheHaughty he gets his comeuppance]] and improves shortly thereafter.

* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess'': Sara's maid Mariette was raised by a pair of innkeepers because her mother couldn't care for her. If Mariette's route is the one committed to in Act 2, [[spoiler:it turns out that the innkeepers were doing such a thing for many children in a similar situation and were working them to the bone while pocketing the money sent by the parents for their upkeep]].

* ''VisualNovel/ALittleLilyPrincess'': Sara's maid Mariette was raised by a pair of innkeepers because her mother couldn't care for her. If Mariette's route is the one committed to in Act 2, [[spoiler:it turns out that the innkeepers were doing such a thing for many children in a similar situation and was working them to the bone while pocketing the money sent by the parents for their upkeep]].

* Played for BlackComedy in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Bender adopts a houseful of orphans for the government checks, but then [[FunnyRobot realizes that the kids expect to be fed]], which keeps him from making a profit. He ultimately tries to break even by attempting to [[ComedicSociopathy sell the children to a slaughterhouse]] before he's caught.

-->'''Police officer:''' "You're under arrest for [[LongList child cruelty, child endangerment, depriving children of food, selling children ''as'' food]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking misrepresenting the weight of livestock.]]"