at what age a teen can decide to live with

[kenepovtx]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida

Hi, my daughter is 17 yrs old, she will turn 18 on July '09. She came last summer to spent time with me, (mom have custody and lives in PA), she decided to stay and attend senior year here and start college right after that. Mom agree, but now mom wants her to move back after school is finished, my daughter dont want to go back and wants to stay with me and attend college here. what can i do?

 

[Gracie3787]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida

Hi, my daughter is 17 yrs old, she will turn 18 on July '09. She came last summer to spent time with me, (mom have custody and lives in PA), she decided to stay and attend senior year here and start college right after that. Mom agree, but now mom wants her to move back after school is finished, my daughter dont want to go back and wants to stay with me and attend college here. what can i do?

When is the last day of school in your county?

 

[LdiJ]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida

Hi, my daughter is 17 yrs old, she will turn 18 on July '09. She came last summer to spent time with me, (mom have custody and lives in PA), she decided to stay and attend senior year here and start college right after that. Mom agree, but now mom wants her to move back after school is finished, my daughter dont want to go back and wants to stay with me and attend college here. what can i do?

You don't have to do anything. Your daughter will be 18 in July of 09 and therefore it will be totally her own decision regarding where she lives and goes to college. She will be a legal adult and entitled to make her own decisions.

The only possible issue that you might have to deal with is if mom tries to force the child to move back to PA now, in the middle of her last semester as a senior. However, you have "status quo" now and could certainly challenge that and delay things to keep her in FL to graduate from high school...and again, once that happens there is literally nothing that mom can do.

 

[kenepovtx]

gracie= last day of school i think is at the begining of june for pinellas county

 

[LdiJ]

gracie= last day of school i think is at the begining of june for pinellas county

Again, I think that you are dealing with a "non-issue"...unless mom tries to force the child to come back to PA NOW...which again, you can challenge and delay, the worst that can happen, and even that would be really wierd, is if somehow mom could force the child to come back to PA from the time school lets out until the child turns 18.

Once she turns 18, she is a legal adult and the court will no longer have any jurisdiction over her.

 

[kenepovtx]

thank you all for all of your response