Change of Legal Guardian

[FSUprotege]

What is the name of your state? Indiana

This question is in regard to the situation of my girlfriend. She is 19 years old. After she completed her first year at college, her father decided he did not want her to be away from home and therefore cut off any and all monetary support, gave her an 11:30 curfew, and only let her use her car for work. For this whole summer she has wanted to move out, but resisting thinking that he may ease up. Tonight, however, things got worse. They got in an arguement and he ended up hitting her. She left for her uncle's and did not call the cops so it wouldn't upset her mother. Basically, she needs a loan for school, rent, food, etc, but her father will not cosign, and her mother doesn't want to upset the father. I'd like to know if anyone knows what options there are. Can she get any loan without cosigning? Is having her uncle and aunt adopt her an option, and is this the last resort? If you have any suggestions it would be a great help.

[LdiJ]

Originally Posted by FSUprotege

What is the name of your state? Indiana

This question is in regard to the situation of my girlfriend. She is 19 years old. After she completed her first year at college, her father decided he did not want her to be away from home and therefore cut off any and all monetary support, gave her an 11:30 curfew, and only let her use her car for work. For this whole summer she has wanted to move out, but resisting thinking that he may ease up. Tonight, however, things got worse. They got in an arguement and he ended up hitting her. She left for her uncle's and did not call the cops so it wouldn't upset her mother. Basically, she needs a loan for school, rent, food, etc, but her father will not cosign, and her mother doesn't want to upset the father. I'd like to know if anyone knows what options there are. Can she get any loan without cosigning? Is having her uncle and aunt adopt her an option, and is this the last resort? If you have any suggestions it would be a great help.

She needs to talk to the financial aid office at her university. They will be able to give her advice about how to get financial aid without her parent's cooperation.

I think that if her father hit her she really does need to report it to the police.