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  1. #1
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    Unhappy Sixteen-Year-Old in Care of a Relative Wants to Move Out

    i am 16 years old. In 2010 my father died of cancer. My mother is on drugs and not capable of taking care of me and my younger sister. So my aunt took custody of us . then sent me away to a all girls school. She pretty much gave up on me after being there a year. While i was in the girls school. She sent my little sister away to live with our older cousin. A couple months later she told me i could either stay in the girls home till im 18 or go there. So, i went to my cousins house. And i guess my aunt gave up custody of us both and gave it to my cousin but, after being there for 8 months i believe thats not were i belong. I use to be really bad into drugs and smoking cigarettes. i have been trying to quite smoking cigarettes and. And it doesn't help that that is always around me at home. Do i have any say so if i wanna leave there, for the better? If i have a stable home and people that are willing to take me in?

  2. #2
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    Default Re: I Want to Leave

    Sorry, you do not get to decide where you want to be until you are an adult. Why aren't you in school?

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    Default Re: I Want to Leave

    The only entity that can "give" custody of you to anyone is a court. But you have no say in where you live until you are 18.

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    Default Re: I Want to Leave

    OP, where are you located?

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