I have a 16 year old daughter that is defiant, disrespectful to family and parents. She frequently has altercations with other siblings in the family and is violent at home. She is extremely manipulative, lying, and stealing from home such things as ipods, dvd players, and even opened up my 18 yr old son's christmas presents took out the $100 jeans that i bought him for christmas and gave them to her boyfriend as a gift and wrapped them back up...he came to the house with THOSE SAME JEANS on and they both are very BOLD... she deliberately breaks the rules and the in house curfew daily and says there is nothing we as parents can do to her about it, and stays out for days with the boyfriend who has quit school. When she does come home she communicates to the family in an unpleasant manner, and lately has become unusually demanding for money, and clothes, and etc. Seems to stir up trouble within the home when she is bored. How? can I get emancipated from her. She has an 18 yr old brother and an 14 yr old sister who both want this as much as I do. what can we do to get her out of our home? she is destroying the family and wants to be emancipated so she can do what she wants. We want to place her in a long term care program. during the christmas holidays she shoplifted in the mall while we were all shopping together, her court date is in jan. 2008. She is completely out of control. Cursing, fighting siblings, parents, skipping school, and most importantly she steals money out of my wallet and objects from the home to take to her friends and trade. Is there not a law we can prosecute her from the parents for stealing within our home and selling/trading in the street? what kind of help can we get she has been to counseling and is NOT helping.

