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    Question Emotional and Physical Abuse by a Mother

    My mom would always tell me i look ugly or fat or that thing makes me look horrible. i remember her slapping me across the face and shoving me around. she shoved me down a flight of stairs a few times.
    all her name calling and neglectfulness ( i remember her locking herself in her room for days reading a book and not looking after me or my little brother) towards my younger brother ( of two years ) I have depression, anxiety, and suffer from a on going eating disorder. none of which she ever had helped me with even when like school staff are calling her because they see drastic changes in behavior and what not.

    i was kicked out a week after i turned 18 ( i lived in Calgary) had 4 hours to get out with no where to go . thankfully my best friends parents let me stay with them for as long as i needed. I then moved in with my grandparents (thank you) when they returned to Canada. but they lived in BC where 19 is the legal age and my mom wouldn't give them the rights to me so i couldn't get money while i was in the doctors offices and such for my problems ( my grandparents have been trying to get me better) which has landed me in debt.

    I was taken out of high school by my mother and never a chance to finish it. I'm finally finishing it here but she refuses to pay my tuition for a university education which you really need these days .

    i was wondering how i would go about suing my mother for damages and possibly tuition not for just myself but for my younger brother as well who is unfortunately in her care ( i would be willing to take guardianship over him if i won the law suit cause i would be able to afford it )

    also my dad never paid child support and my mom never pursued it. but now that I'm 19 could i ? for my brother and myself?

    ( sorry its so long!)

    sorry i also live in Canada ! ( i in b.c. mother in alberta . father in the USA/japan)

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    Default Re: Emotional/Physical Abuse by a Mother

    Do you have any proof of what you've said?

    The child support issue is now moot - child support should have been pursued by your Mom.

    (Child support, in both the US and Canada, is meant to reimburse the custodial parent - it's never meant to go to the kids)

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    Default Re: Emotional/Physical Abuse by a Mother

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    Do you have any proof of what you've said?

    The child support issue is now moot - child support should have been pursued by your Mom.

    (Child support, in both the US and Canada, is meant to reimburse the custodial parent - it's never meant to go to the kids)
    would social works. doctors notes, friends family, school conselours be proof?

    i heard once you turn 19 you can pursue the missing child support if the parent did not try to get it within 3 years of it missing ( it was a court ordered child support aswell if that makes any difference)

    i know its not ment to go to the kids but is ment to better the life for the kids. like two parents income would make a big difference in quality in life rather than one parent

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    Default Re: Emotional/Physical Abuse by a Mother

    Were was the child support order made?

    Doctors notes and school counselors are only proof that reports were made - these are not proof of actual wrongdoing. Were the authorities involved?

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