A 10-year-old earns more than $2,000 selling chickens, but the bank keeps her money for more than a year

“I was a little upset because I earned the money and it should have been mine,” Kinley Maner said.

A 10-year-old girl made $2,000 selling chickens, but then a local bank allegedly denied her family access to the money because of a check error.

Kinley Maner of Thatcher, Arizona, loves raising chickens, and last year she sold six of them at her local county fair for $2,100.

However, when her parents electronically deposited a check issued by the Small Stock Association, the account was suddenly closed, the local CBS affiliate reported KPHO.

“So we cashed it in,” Kinley’s father, JR Maner, told the paper. “I didn’t think it would be a big deal. And the next day, Chase closed Callie’s (his wife’s) bank account.

His daughter’s check was frozen in the process.

“I was a little upset because I earned the money and it should have been mine,” Kinley told the publication.

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After spending hours on the phone with Chase trying to find answers, Kinley’s mother, Callie Maner, says the bank said the check they deposited was flagged as suspicious after Chase representatives looked up the Small Equity Association’s phone number and claimed the number was more out of business, per KPHO.

A year later, Kinley still hasn’t received the money for selling the chickens, despite her parents’ repeated attempts to resolve the issue and prove that the Small Animal Association is indeed a valid business.

“Their final response is, sorry, Kinley is not going to get her money back,” her father told KPHO. “And there’s nothing we can do if we can’t verify that check.”

He added: “She is a 10-year-old girl who worked hard for this money. And we think she deserves to get the money she rightfully earned.”

Calley claimed that the man who wrote the check walked into the bank “three times saying, “Hi, it’s me. You can check it out for yourself.” And they said the only way to check it is by phone number.”

After the Kinley family turned to On your sideKPHO stepped in and shared Kinley’s plight, and hours later, the family says Chase Bank apologized and agreed to reimburse Kinley with an overnight check.

“I was surprised when I got it, but I was also excited,” Kinley said, adding that most of the money will go toward her college fund.

In a statement to PEOPLE, Chase spokesman Drew Pusateri confirms that Kinley’s money has been returned.

“The money has been refunded and we apologize to Kinley and her family for the delay,” says Pusateri.