"after her mother’s signature was forged — by Patricia Girard — on documents that allowed her to change schools"
So, Mom doesn't know what school her daughter is attending? She doesn't question why the kid isn't going to the closest school? 
Why is the girl staying with this (many expletives deleted) couple, anyway?
Kids who come from troubled homes are particularly vulnerable to the likes of people like the (make a sailor blush expletives deleted) Gizzards.