Can a Parent Force a Minor to Return Home

[NakiyaLotman]

See, if you were being abused - really, truly, actually abused - you would have gone to CPS years ago. And they would have investigated, and you would already be in foster care - yes, foster care, not on your own - if they found that you were actually being abused. There's a whole process involved, I've been through it, and your mother being a "selfish rag" does not constitute abuse.

Well Missy, I guess you haven't been paying too much attention. Do you want the phone numbers to my case worker and the attorney I talked to? Because I can by all means give them to you, and my rape was real- People don't come out for YEARS, decades even. But because I waited 3 years it's not real? You've got to be kidding me right? Whatever- You're a "Grown" woman hiding behind a computer playing lawyer and arguing with a 17 year old. So how "Grown" are you, and I use the term grown loosely, because evidentally you aren't.

I'd also like to point out that even if CPS IS working with this rude little brat, there is more than one way of being removed from a home and emancipation is usually the LAST option looked at, not the first.

Hmmph. Let's wait and see. Shall we.

[cyjeff]

Well Missy, I guess you haven't been paying too much attention. Do you want the phone numbers to my case worker and the attorney I talked to? Because I can by all means give them to you,

Cool.

PM them to Missy and she will follow up.

Until then, start packing. You have a home to return to.

See, If you were already talking to CPS and a lawyer and were already getting the answers you say you got, why would you come here and ask the same questions all over again? It's easy... you wouldn't.

So, you are lying your runaway butt off...but I am willing to be proven wrong. Let Missy know the details and I will be the first to apologize.

[LawResearcherMissy]

and my rape was real

Nobody said your rape wasn't real.

But here's the thing - being raped is not the same as being abused by your mother. Being raped does not get you removed from your home. This I promise you. CPS is not going to remove you from your home because you were raped unless your rapist is living in your home. Not used to live there, but is living there right now, this instant, and their investigation would need to show that your home is a real danger to you.

No, the only way you get removed from your home is for documented, ongoing abuse. Been there, done that, still have the scars from the brain surgery, coping strategies learned from counseling, and gratitude towards my own rape crisis counselor for speaking truth. Yeah, seriously, I do understand better than you think - my parents tried to KILL me. THAT is the sort of thing you get removed from your home for, not just you crying that your mother is a bitch.

I notice you haven't taken Cyjeff's advice and sent me your information. Because Jeff, as usual, has astutely observed the real issue - you're not being told what you want to hear by professionals, either. And it's the "But the professionals said you're wrong!" that we're calling BS on. Because they can't change the law for you, so the only other option is that you're lying about even contacting them.

You're a "Grown" woman hiding behind a computer playing lawyer and arguing with a 17 year old. So how "Grown" are you, and I use the term grown loosely, because evidentally you aren't.

Oh, babydoll, aren't you the cutest? You come to volunteers for advice and claim to be ready to take on all the responsibilities of adulthood, have a tantrum because we're not telling you what you want to hear, and now you want to cry "You're being mean to a kid!". Honey, no. Which is it that you want? You wanna run with the Big Dogs, or do you just wanna sit on the porch and bark? Because this nonsense? Is only so much barking.

Really, if the professionals you claim to have contacted are telling you everything you want to hear and promising you your heart's desire, why are you still here? If the law you've been shown is going to be broken just for you, why haven't you skipped off on your merry way, secure in the knowledge that you and you alone have been singled out for this special treatment?

[Dogmatique]

In response to Missy..

..because court isn't until tomorrow.

[LawResearcherMissy]

PM them to Missy and she will follow up.

For the benefit of other teenagers looking for "early release", I'm going to note that our little friend has NOT provided the information she offered. She can't claim that she hasn't been online - she's been barking her head off in another thread.

Kids, seriously, don't try this at home. If you're being abused, REPORT IT. It's the only way you're going to get out. Tell your teacher, tell your counselor, tell your doctor, call 1-800-4-A-CHILD, call 911. And understand that you will go into care or be placed with a relative, because kids who have been abused need support and therapy.