Emancipation for an Abused Minor

My question involves juvenile law in the State of: ohio. My daughter has a boyfriend that just turned 16. This boy has an awful home life. His mother is extremely mean she beats him and it's a constant war zone in his home and his father just told him he didn't want him due to dealing with his mother. I know he has been in alot of trouble with the courts. His mother doesn't want him seeing my daughter or being at my home. I was wondering if he is able to be emancipated in Ohio (miami county) and if he could get his GED. I need to try to figure something out bc he has been sneaking into my house 5 nights out of 7 and I do NOT want any trouble and I'm pretty sure I can get in trouble for him being here after sneaking out of his house. I feel like I'm caught in a big mess here. Any suggestions or help would be great!

There are only two ways a child in Ohio can become emancipated: Through lawful marriage, or through active duty military service.

If he's being abused, call protective services.

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Quoting Ricen497

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My question involves juvenile law in the State of: ohio. My daughter has a boyfriend that just turned 16. This boy has an awful home life. His mother is extremely mean she beats him and it's a constant war zone in his home and his father just told him he didn't want him due to dealing with his mother. I know he has been in alot of trouble with the courts. His mother doesn't want him seeing my daughter or being at my home. I was wondering if he is able to be emancipated in Ohio (miami county) and if he could get his GED. I need to try to figure something out bc he has been sneaking into my house 5 nights out of 7 and I do NOT want any trouble and I'm pretty sure I can get in trouble for him being here after sneaking out of his house. I feel like I'm caught in a big mess here. Any suggestions or help would be great!

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The parents of the minor boyfriend do not want him to see your kid. You know that. Letting him “sneak” into your home in that circumstance certainly could cause you a lot of grief. They are his parents and, whatever trouble has at home, they have the right to determine with whom he hangs out and where he goes. Imagine if the tables were turned and your daughter was seeing some guy you didn’t like and you had forbidden her to see him, and told his parents that too. Wouldn’t you be outraged if his parents helped your daughter continue to see him? I would think so, and with good reason. So just as you would expect that other parent to honor your wishes regarding your daughter, you ought to honor these parents’ wishes with respect to their son. If you don’t, you may get dragged into a legal battle with that other family.

If he is truly being abused, report that to Miami County Children’s Services or to local law enforcement. Emancipation is not an option for solving an abuse problem.

I do very much see your point and I have looked at it that way. His parents are divorced. When her boyfriend is at his father's house they are allowed to see one another. I have talked to his father and both the kids and laid down rules and they follow them. His father was fighting for custody of him but the boys mother has had him jump through so many hoops and do so much that he has went bankrupt in court fees and had to stop until he could afford to keep moving forward. He's just found another part time job to get extra money for court. I have sat these kids down and told them that iam not his mother and I cannot go against his mother. I could get in trouble myself for having him here knowing hes snuck out of his house and I have even driven him back home. I've texted his mother and told her he's at my house he's safe iam bringing him home right now and she yells at me and gets extremely rude. I'm doing my best. I'm trying to keep 2 teenagers happy and his mother and try to help him. He comes here with his wrists slit and bruises all over from his mother, black eyes, busted lips, it's just so sad. I really have no idea what to do to help him other than contact children services AGAIN. I have called once and nothing happened. His father has even tried they never look into it. This is so frustrating. But thank you and Iam a good mother, I understand the point you were trying to make and I would be very upset if the roles were reversed. But I do notify her and take him home if I do catch him. I'm a single mother and sometimes I do fall asleep and I don't catch him sneaking in. But ThanK you so much.

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My question involves juvenile law in the State of: ohio. My daughter has a boyfriend that just turned 16. This boy has an awful home life. His mother is extremely mean she beats him and it's a constant war zone in his home and his father just told him he didn't want him due to dealing with his mother. I know he has been in alot of trouble with the courts. His mother doesn't want him seeing my daughter or being at my home. I was wondering if he is able to be emancipated in Ohio (miami county) and if he could get his GED. I need to try to figure something out bc he has been sneaking into my house 5 nights out of 7 and I do NOT want any trouble and I'm pretty sure I can get in trouble for him being here after sneaking out of his house. I feel like I'm caught in a big mess here. Any suggestions or help would be great!

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Call CPS.

If he's sneaking into your house, lock your doors. If your daughter is letting him in you need to punish your daughter about that. Unfortunately you really can't do anything except let CPS know about the abuse. If you let him live with you without his mother's consent you'll get in trouble. Honestly your daughter should just stay away from him until things settle down.

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I do very much see your point and I have looked at it that way. His parents are divorced. When her boyfriend is at his father's house they are allowed to see one another. I have talked to his father and both the kids and laid down rules and they follow them. His father was fighting for custody of him but the boys mother has had him jump through so many hoops and do so much that he has went bankrupt in court fees and had to stop until he could afford to keep moving forward. He's just found another part time job to get extra money for court. I have sat these kids down and told them that iam not his mother and I cannot go against his mother. I could get in trouble myself for having him here knowing hes snuck out of his house and I have even driven him back home. I've texted his mother and told her he's at my house he's safe iam bringing him home right now and she yells at me and gets extremely rude. I'm doing my best. I'm trying to keep 2 teenagers happy and his mother and try to help him. He comes here with his wrists slit and bruises all over from his mother, black eyes, busted lips, it's just so sad. I really have no idea what to do to help him other than contact children services AGAIN. I have called once and nothing happened. His father has even tried they never look into it. This is so frustrating. But thank you and Iam a good mother, I understand the point you were trying to make and I would be very upset if the roles were reversed. But I do notify her and take him home if I do catch him. I'm a single mother and sometimes I do fall asleep and I don't catch him sneaking in. But ThanK you so much.

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Why haven't you called CPS or the authorities yet if you see marks and bruises on him? Even if it wasn't from his mom he's got slashed wrists and looks beaten up? I'd call CPS and let them take a look.

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Call CPS.

If he's sneaking into your house, lock your doors. If your daughter is letting him in you need to punish your daughter about that. Unfortunately you really can't do anything except let CPS know about the abuse. If you let him live with you without his mother's consent you'll get in trouble. Honestly your daughter should just stay away from him until things settle down.

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Absolutely.

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Why haven't you called CPS or the authorities yet if you see marks and bruises on him? Even if it wasn't from his mom he's got slashed wrists and looks beaten up? I'd call CPS and let them take a look.

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Co-sign please.

Mom, your job is NOT to "keep 2 teenagers happy". Your job is to actually be a parent to your own child, and use the proper channels to help the other child.

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I do very much see your point and I have looked at it that way. His parents are divorced. When her boyfriend is at his father's house they are allowed to see one another. I have talked to his father and both the kids and laid down rules and they follow them. His father was fighting for custody of him but the boys mother has had him jump through so many hoops and do so much that he has went bankrupt in court fees and had to stop until he could afford to keep moving forward. He's just found another part time job to get extra money for court. I have sat these kids down and told them that iam not his mother and I cannot go against his mother. I could get in trouble myself for having him here knowing hes snuck out of his house and I have even driven him back home. I've texted his mother and told her he's at my house he's safe iam bringing him home right now and she yells at me and gets extremely rude. I'm doing my best. I'm trying to keep 2 teenagers happy and his mother and try to help him. He comes here with his wrists slit and bruises all over from his mother, black eyes, busted lips, it's just so sad. I really have no idea what to do to help him other than contact children services AGAIN. I have called once and nothing happened. His father has even tried they never look into it. This is so frustrating. But thank you and Iam a good mother, I understand the point you were trying to make and I would be very upset if the roles were reversed. But I do notify her and take him home if I do catch him. I'm a single mother and sometimes I do fall asleep and I don't catch him sneaking in. But ThanK you so much.

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That is NOT the job of a parent. :dejection: You seem to be part of the problem.

Oh boy (literally!). How soon do you want to be a grandma?

In all seriousness, I would be tempted to just call the cops next time he sneaks into your home and tell them he's run away from home - he can tell them why he's bruised and broken. Their report to CPS may hold more sway.

And I have to wonder - what precipitates the extreme reactions from his Mom?

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And I have to wonder - what precipitates the extreme reactions from his Mom?

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I bet sneaking out of the house is one of them. Not that it deserves bruises, but I would be supremely angry if my daughter was doing it. Regardless of the fact that I did it myself a time or two to hang out with my girlfriends as a teenager. And when I got caught, I was scared straight :)

I never did, although I did help a particular friend do so. And, in all honesty, neither of my kids did. We had a .... different ... relationship.