My friend has a daughter who is 17 years old. She has not finished high school and her home life is not very good. She and her mother are always fighting and there have been occasions where physical contact has been made by both parties. The young lady is a good person, she just has not been given a chance. I have offered her a job to travel with me as my nanny. She currently spends the majority of her time at my house and has been taking care of my kids for 3 years now. I have offered to pay for her to finish high school and have offered to send her to college as well. I will be paying for all her expenses while she travels with me and her responsibility will be the same as it is at my house. We both feel that her mother will say no to her coming with me for the wrong reasons. We feel she will say no simply because she enjoys having the convenience of having a 17 year old under her thumb at her beckon call. I really want to get this young lady out of her situation and give her a chance to reach the potential I see in her. We are trying to find out #1 if emancipation is our only hope and #2 what do we do to start the process. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.

