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    Default Hanging Out With a Minor Against the Wishes of Their Parents

    My question involves juvenile law in the State of: California, LOS ANGELES COUNTY

    My question is as follows,
    I am currently 20 years of age and my friend from high school is 17, soon to be 18 in about 5 months. His parents are insane, the mother has this verbally abusive personality and will get ghetto with anyone who questions her opinion and stance and his father is a puppy dog that doesn't have control over his emotions and will often times resort to physical threats. One day she's nice, the next she's really loud and nasty. (More like morning to night) and she is currently on anti-depressants.

    I try my hardest to get along with them but they make it seem like it's a competition to gain his favor, which is ridiculous cus the parents are my parents age.

    Whenever he can't handle the stress of that household, he reaches out to me for comfort and guidance and often times I remove him from the situation which results in her acting ghetto and saying that she is going to call the police on me. She will constantly call me to the point that my mother said to block her number, she will threaten me with a restraining order, she yells at me, the dad will threaten me. I mean, I am seriously not at ease with the sight or even when hearing her voice. It's that bad, but I care about my friend too much to back off, especially when he needs me and begs me to help him or pick him up.

    In this case, I don't care to make my life any more hectic and want to avoid all drama with courts or whatever (but still stand firm) and help my friend out.

    What can I do? [AND] am I at risk for getting in trouble for plainly helping my friend out?

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    Default Re: My Friend is 17 and His Parents Are Crazy, Can I Get in Trouble for Hanging Out

    Your friend is subject to the control of his parents until he is age 18. If they do not want you around their son, they can enforce that if they really want to. At the very least they could seek a restraining order against you which could cut off all contact between you and your friend until he turns 18. Depending on the circumstances they might have some other legal tools at their disposal, if they know of them and choose to use them. He only has 5 months to go and then they won't have any more control over him. I suggest you tread lightly enough during those 5 months that you don't tick off his parents badly enough to make them want to try resorting to some sort of legal action.

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    Default Re: Hanging Out With a Minor Against the Wishes of Their Parents

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    What can I do?
    Back off and mind your own business.

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    am I at risk for getting in trouble for plainly helping my friend out?
    Yes.

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    Default Re: Hanging Out With a Minor Against the Wishes of Their Parents

    Quote Quoting expert.law
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    My question involves juvenile law in the State of: California, LOS ANGELES COUNTY

    My question is as follows,
    I am currently 20 years of age and my friend from high school is 17, soon to be 18 in about 5 months. His parents are insane, the mother has this verbally abusive personality and will get ghetto with anyone who questions her opinion and stance and his father is a puppy dog that doesn't have control over his emotions and will often times resort to physical threats. One day she's nice, the next she's really loud and nasty. (More like morning to night) and she is currently on anti-depressants.
    His parents are insane? Who decided that? She will "get ghetto"? Would you like to explain what you mean with that? Are you present in the house 24/7? How do you know what's happening?



    I try my hardest to get along with them but they make it seem like it's a competition to gain his favor, which is ridiculous cus the parents are my parents age.
    They don't have to get along with you, and they certainly don't have to compete with you for his attention. You're out of line.


    Whenever he can't handle the stress of that household, he reaches out to me for comfort and guidance and often times I remove him from the situation which results in her acting ghetto and saying that she is going to call the police on me.
    Again with "acting ghetto". Please explain.

    She will constantly call me to the point that my mother said to block her number, she will threaten me with a restraining order, she yells at me, the dad will threaten me. I mean, I am seriously not at ease with the sight or even when hearing her voice.
    You're undermining the parents' constitutionally-protected right right to the care and control of their child. And you're surprised that they're bucking against your attempt?

    It's that bad, but I care about my friend too much to back off, especially when he needs me and begs me to help him or pick him up.
    This minor is 17, correct? If he's being abused he can obviously call for help - and by "help", I don't mean you.

    In this case, I don't care to make my life any more hectic and want to avoid all drama with courts or whatever (but still stand firm) and help my friend out.

    What can I do? [AND] am I at risk for getting in trouble for plainly helping my friend out?
    You're not actually helping your friend.

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    Default Re: Hanging Out With a Minor Against the Wishes of Their Parents

    When your friend is 18 he can move out of the house taking whatever his parents let him take with him. THEN he can visit and hang with you all he wants. Until then his parents have legal control over his actions.

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