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Catek
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South Carolina
My 17 YO stepson has been in trouble with the juvenile system for about 3-4 years prior to this. He has been involved in joyriding, shoplifting, possession of paraphenalia. He has never had to "pay" for any of this because his father (my new husband) has always "pulled strings" and gotten him out of these messes. One mess he wasn't able to get him out of is the fact that he has missed 2 1/2 years of school living "under the stairs" smoking pot and turning into a teenage alcoholic. He was kicked out of school at 13 for threatening to kill a teacher. 4 other children heard this and turned him in, he subsequently failed a lie detector test and was kicked out of the public school district.
It took his parents divorcing and his dad gaining sole custody of this kid to get him out in the "sunlight". His dad was awarded sole custody of him last August (2003) and shipped him off to a reform school where he was dried out and made to go to school again. He is now close to "graduating" from the program and getting to come home (he is still 2 1/2 years behind in school). He came home this weekend for a "home pass" and brought his journals (diary-type of book) home with him. He left them on a night table and when I was putting some clean clothes in his room (yes, I did the kid's laundry) I noticed them and browsed thru them. The entries are all the same (including and right up to this weekend when he came home) -- he is going to "kill us". His plans are to come home and stay as long as it takes to get his chance to get the combination to our home safe, rob and then kill both of us and he plans to "take off" on this great road journey.
I do not want this child in my house and have stated that flatly to his father. He has agreed but as of today has not done anything about it. You know the parents of the "Columbine School" kids just sat on their hands too.
1. Can we legally throw this 17 YO out on the street? (his mother may or may not take him in, I believe that she is scared of him too.) We can't afford to keep him in this reform school any longer and frankly I don't feel like contributing one more dime to this kid. I have to question the school, how good can it be after over a year of "therapy" and we have these results.
2.The kid won't work and has told his father he will "make him pay" and will "kill us both". In addition to his written journals, he has said this verbally in front of other people.
He turns 18 (in 9 more months). How do we cover ourselves legally and keep him out of our house.
My 17 YO stepson has been in trouble with the juvenile system for about 3-4 years prior to this. He has been involved in joyriding, shoplifting, possession of paraphenalia. He has never had to "pay" for any of this because his father (my new husband) has always "pulled strings" and gotten him out of these messes. One mess he wasn't able to get him out of is the fact that he has missed 2 1/2 years of school living "under the stairs" smoking pot and turning into a teenage alcoholic. He was kicked out of school at 13 for threatening to kill a teacher. 4 other children heard this and turned him in, he subsequently failed a lie detector test and was kicked out of the public school district.
It took his parents divorcing and his dad gaining sole custody of this kid to get him out in the "sunlight". His dad was awarded sole custody of him last August (2003) and shipped him off to a reform school where he was dried out and made to go to school again. He is now close to "graduating" from the program and getting to come home (he is still 2 1/2 years behind in school). He came home this weekend for a "home pass" and brought his journals (diary-type of book) home with him. He left them on a night table and when I was putting some clean clothes in his room (yes, I did the kid's laundry) I noticed them and browsed thru them. The entries are all the same (including and right up to this weekend when he came home) -- he is going to "kill us". His plans are to come home and stay as long as it takes to get his chance to get the combination to our home safe, rob and then kill both of us and he plans to "take off" on this great road journey.
I do not want this child in my house and have stated that flatly to his father. He has agreed but as of today has not done anything about it. You know the parents of the "Columbine School" kids just sat on their hands too.
1. Can we legally throw this 17 YO out on the street? (his mother may or may not take him in, I believe that she is scared of him too.) We can't afford to keep him in this reform school any longer and frankly I don't feel like contributing one more dime to this kid. I have to question the school, how good can it be after over a year of "therapy" and we have these results.
2.The kid won't work and has told his father he will "make him pay" and will "kill us both". In addition to his written journals, he has said this verbally in front of other people.
He turns 18 (in 9 more months). How do we cover ourselves legally and keep him out of our house.