Emancipation of a 17-Year-Old in Ontario, Canada

Hi,

I am gathering information on behalf of my nephew. He is 17, but will be 18 by christmas and his mom, my sister

He has not had the best childhood, but certianly not the worst. His mother is emotional hard on her children and very extreme. For the last year and a half I have been trying to work with my nephew and his mom to find creative ways to make living together more effective. For example, my nephew had a job (his choice not his moms) and he thought that he should not have to do chorse any more. So I suggested that if doesn't want to do his chorse (which were tend to his room, clean up behind himself, take out the trash and do dishes once per week), that he could opt out by paying someones else in the family to do them.

To get his own way he pulled the "I'm not going to school" card. His mom went overboard in forcing him to go, charging rent, locking him out of his room, "billing" him for every little thing etc. So he moved out a week or so after school went in this year.

He has not been living at home for more than a month and the school has been notifited that he does not live in home anymore. However the school continually calls about poor behaviour, lack of attendace etc. My sister has let them know that he is for all intents and purposes an emancipated minor and to call him at his phone number (which she has provided) as he is now responsible for himself. He will be 18 in less than 2 months, when he will legally be responsible. The school says my sister is still is gaurdian and will be called and is responsible to change his behaviour and force him to attend school.

What can be done? How can we get the school to start making my nephew responsible for his behaviour and attendace? Does he need to go through the court do be officially declared an emancipated minor? Will it even be done before he's 18? Does my sister have a leg to stand on with the school to get them to stop calling her everyday? My nephew refuses to see her or take her calls. There is litteraly nothing she can do about it anyway. I'm the only one in the family that both of them are talking to. My nephew thinks he is emancipated and is so angrey with her, it's probly best to keep them apart. Both can be come violent when angry. Any ideas or suggests of what can legally be done, because my sister is going to go nuts with the school between now and when he's 18 if they keep calling her every day. They are threatening to fine her for his lack of attendance, can they do that? How can she make him go to school? He doesn't live there and if she takes him, he walks in one door and out of the other.

Thanks in advance for you responses

This site and good portion of those who reply are in USA and have limited knowledge of other country's laws. the question of emancipation for a Canadian teen has come up before and to my knowledge no one as of yet has posted a statute

Any general ideas might be helpful, It might tell me what types of laws to look up here.

emancipation or better yet simple call to courthouse or local Attorney