What is the name of your state? AL
Ok, I've been here before. My husband was given custody of his daughter by MS order. She has been with us since July 2006. Her mother's new hsuband was abusive.
My stepdaughter has been "acting out". We tried to put her in counseling but insurance wouldn't pay and her mother refused to pay half. We had to pull her out. She has taken a knife to our sofa, burned our carpet, tried to set fire to our back deck, stolen $250 from us, stole a cell phone from a girl at school, refused to do her homework, lied to us, and finally ran away from home. We found her and she refused to ge tin our vehicle. She started screaming "stop beating me" and running up the road. No one had touched her! The cops were called. They told her to "stop lying" as there was not a mark on her. She still refused to get in the car and said she'd just run away again and live on the street as a prostitute and still claimed that my husband had punched her in the face. We told the cops to call DHR and DHR told her that they did not believe her but made us sign a "safety plan" saying we would not physically discipline her. Anyway, she tried to run away again the next morning and my husband caught her. He admitted her into a hospital for psychiatric help and the therapist there told both of us that she was "a pro at manipulation, that she was a con artist, and that she thought we were too strict on her and she was 13 and should be able to party with her friends and she would do what ever she had to do to get her way".
My husband called his ex and told her what was going on. My husband filed charges against his daughter so that they would turn her over to DYS and we could get her into a treatment facility for troubled teens. Her mother wants custody, refuses to believe that the child stole money or was prepared to have my husband put in jail when he had done nothing, and refuses to believe that the kid needs help. My husband said fine, he'd give her custody on the condition that she enroll the child in therapy immediately and that he be provided with proof and he'd even pay half. Of course that's a no. She needs help, but at this point, my husband is ready to just let her go back to her mother. We are from rich and the treatment facility is expensive.
Any suggestions?
Ok, I've been here before. My husband was given custody of his daughter by MS order. She has been with us since July 2006. Her mother's new hsuband was abusive.
My stepdaughter has been "acting out". We tried to put her in counseling but insurance wouldn't pay and her mother refused to pay half. We had to pull her out. She has taken a knife to our sofa, burned our carpet, tried to set fire to our back deck, stolen $250 from us, stole a cell phone from a girl at school, refused to do her homework, lied to us, and finally ran away from home. We found her and she refused to ge tin our vehicle. She started screaming "stop beating me" and running up the road. No one had touched her! The cops were called. They told her to "stop lying" as there was not a mark on her. She still refused to get in the car and said she'd just run away again and live on the street as a prostitute and still claimed that my husband had punched her in the face. We told the cops to call DHR and DHR told her that they did not believe her but made us sign a "safety plan" saying we would not physically discipline her. Anyway, she tried to run away again the next morning and my husband caught her. He admitted her into a hospital for psychiatric help and the therapist there told both of us that she was "a pro at manipulation, that she was a con artist, and that she thought we were too strict on her and she was 13 and should be able to party with her friends and she would do what ever she had to do to get her way".
My husband called his ex and told her what was going on. My husband filed charges against his daughter so that they would turn her over to DYS and we could get her into a treatment facility for troubled teens. Her mother wants custody, refuses to believe that the child stole money or was prepared to have my husband put in jail when he had done nothing, and refuses to believe that the kid needs help. My husband said fine, he'd give her custody on the condition that she enroll the child in therapy immediately and that he be provided with proof and he'd even pay half. Of course that's a no. She needs help, but at this point, my husband is ready to just let her go back to her mother. We are from rich and the treatment facility is expensive.
Any suggestions?
