I have a friend who is in a bad family situation. Her dad has been continually abusive since she was little and has had the police called and reports filed several times, with no outcome. Her dad seems to get off everything with a clean record even after throwing her down in the church parking lot one time and kicking her i her ribs and face very hard. However the problem is not that he hits her anymore, because if he does, then he will go to jail. The problem is that she has about 7 moths left till she is 18 and she is trying to move out of her house ASAP because of the way her parents treat her. I myself have overheard some of these confrontations between her and her parents and they are, if not physically, then definitely verbally abusive all of the time. Her dad is trying so hard to get her locked up so she is out of his hands and in JuV. He won't let her move out because he says it is too much of a legal responsibility for him. He says that she is an out of control child and she needs constant monitoring. When ever she is out of her house and out with people she is so happy and calm and happy. Her household is so stressful for her that she calls my house everynight in tears for hours. Now this has gone on for several years according to her and just keeps getting worse. Now I understand that she is no angel, but no one deserves what she gets. Her parents called the police on her for finding a tiny bit of marijuana in her room that she didn't even know was there and then asked the court to put her on a 10:00 court ordered curfew, because she was "out of control". Well that has only cause more problems. The only time she has all these problems is when she is at home with her parents yelling at her any chance they get for anything and nothing. I am just concerned for her and need advice on anything she can do to get out legally. Just a nquick note, she has already tried the police, child services, foster homes, the shelter, emancipation (they told her it would take too long) and a few other things too I think. But all I get is her calling me every night in tears and now she has been talking about suicide "because that would be better than dealing with my dad day in and day out" Please help in any way. | 
07-19-2000, 01:38 PM
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