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TFarrell
My question involves child abuse or neglect in the State of: Minnesota
So, I got a friend of mine, we have been friends for about 3 years now, but we live states away. He is in Minnesota and I'm in Illinois. He truly has a terrible family, they just treat him like garbage. He has endured tragedies that no child should have lived through including his father abandoning him, his mother dying, moving many times between houses, losing all of his stuff each time, and on top of all this, his mother's side of the family absolutely hate his guts even though none of this was his fault to begin with.
His family absolutely has not a single care that his feelings are hurt and just expect him to do things without any sort of chance to heal by being yelled at and abused for no reason that equates to him having any fault in the matter. He is 19 years old, so he has technically become an adult, but his mind has been so punished and beaten to the ground, that he is not prepared for the world. They expect him to have a job, but he is so broken that he just can't, he doesn't have the will to do it because he knows nobody cares for him.
I have tried my best to give him comfort that he needs. I've bought him many gifts and loaned money, but even with all my efforts, he's still just staying afloat. I want to get him out of that dreadful place before he possibly becomes homeless and everyday is a potential risk of that happening. The only barrier keeping him safe at the moment is his grandma, but she is in a hospital bed with cancer in her throat. She doesn't have much in her and if she dies, he is screwed.
I am currently 22 years old (about to be 23 on December 18th). I will potentially be able to move out soon, I completed college and acquired a job as a computer technician for $17 per hour. I'm just saving up to pay for moving out, then I plan to get him into my new apartment with me. So I got 2 questions I am ultimately looking for:
1) Is there some kind of abuse laws against relatives doing crap like this?
2) If there is help that he can get, can it be something in a way that doesn't make him loose all his possessions? I'm scared to tell anyone, because as much as I want him to get out of there, I don't want him to loose all of the things I gave him that make him happy too.
I'll take any help that I can find. If something happens, then he is finished. I'm the best thing that has happened to me and he will sooner end his life than live in a hell where he can't reach me. I deeply care for him too and I want him to be with me too, which is why I'm trying so hard. Please, there's gotta be something I can do.