How Can a Minor Cut Legal Ties with a Parent

My question involves restraining orders in the State of: FL

I’m 16, a junior in high school, and my parents are divorced. They got divorced when I was 3 (somewhere in 2004-2005) due to my mom being around criminals and using drugs. My dad has full custody of me and my mom wasn’t granted any visitation by the judge but my dad allows her to stay at our house when she wants to. She’s an emotionally abusive addict and alcoholic and she terrifies me. She has never seriously physically hurt me (she has never left a mark) but she regularly degrades and neglects me. I want be able to prevent her from visiting me without interference from my father (he wants me to have a female figure in my life). Besides a restraining order, would there be a way to prevent her from seeing me based on her sobriety? I really do love her but she just causes me too much distress for me to keep sitting idly.

Just how are you neglected if you are staying at your fathers house? Isn’t your father providing for you?

If your father agrees with you he can attempt to take some sort of action, like, maybe not letting her stay at his house or shielding you from her. Apparently your father doesn’t see things quite like you do.


This is something you need to talk with your father about.

People causing others distress is part of living. You need to learn how to deal with things when they don't go the,way you want them to.

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Quoting mcudebec

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My question involves restraining orders in the State of: FL

I’m 16, a junior in high school, and my parents are divorced. They got divorced when I was 3 (somewhere in 2004-2005) due to my mom being around criminals and using drugs. My dad has full custody of me and my mom wasn’t granted any visitation by the judge but my dad allows her to stay at our house when she wants to. She’s an emotionally abusive addict and alcoholic and she terrifies me. She has never seriously physically hurt me (she has never left a mark) but she regularly degrades and neglects me. I want be able to prevent her from visiting me without interference from my father (he wants me to have a female figure in my life). Besides a restraining order, would there be a way to prevent her from seeing me based on her sobriety? I really do love her but she just causes me too much distress for me to keep sitting idly.

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The only way she gets stopped from seeing you is your dad grows a pair and kicks her out. Have you talked to your dad about this?

How can you be neglected if you live with your dad? You have a roof over your head, a bed, food, clothes, etc right? So you're not neglected.

If you feel you are being abused you call CPS or a trusted adult.