Desparately in need of advice

[Cynthia Harring]

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Texas I have a 17 year old daughter that I
can no longer live with. She has been in and out of trouble since she was 13.
She became pregnant and had a baby at 15. I now have custody of her baby
because she has been in and out of drugs. Anyway, she is making our lives
miserable. She is doing better with the drug problem. However, she will not
listen to anything I say. She screams and hollers and harrasses whenever
she does not get her way. She is very disrespectful to me. She will not get a job, even though I told her I would take her and help her any way I can. She
is also very angry that I have custody of the baby and she is doing anything
she can to control that situation. She says that I can not throw her out and that even when she is 18 that it is her place of residence and that she will not leave. Anyway, I need to know if I can legally kick her out and how. Or someone told me that I could become emancipated from her. Is that something I could look in to. I have another daughter who is 13 who is starting to pick up some of these habits. I am afraid that she will follow her sister's footsteps. And I am trying to raise this little baby in a peaceful home. I need some advice very quickly.
I do not know how much longer I can take this.

 

[rmet4nzkx]

You are the second parent trying to be emancipated from their daughter today! Here is the problem, Texas doesn't have a law to emancipate a minor nor does having a baby emancipate a minor, it is called removing a disability, the child must apply for it and meet certain qualifications, which your daughter is not willing to do. Good thing is you are in Texas and she will become an adult in less than a year when she turns 18, the other parent has to wait until 21, so things could be worse.

In the mean time be consistant, make sure she goes to school and graduates. let her know that she has to find work and be prepared to work and pay rent while she is there and that she will be evicted according to the laws of Texas when she turns 18 if she can't abide by the rules of the house. Let her know that after she turns 18 you will seek child support from her and the father of her child so she better get to work and become an adult.

 

[Cynthia Harring]

Texas So I can not legally kick her out at the age of 17? She does not go
to school. She went to GED classes and is going to take her GED test. But
she has refused to go to work. She is very angry because she can not
make final decisions about the baby because I have custody. I had my
niece watching the baby and then that fell through. My daughter said she
could handle watching him for a few weeks while I got a good day care
lined up. But after she watched him for a few days she got a real big
attitude and is now telling me that she does not want him in day care and
that it is her kid and that I need to let her decide. I have the custody, but
I know that when I put him in daycare she is going to make all of our lives
miserable. I really need her out of my home.

 

[rmet4nzkx]

After she gets her GED, she can work, so she can save up money to get a place of her own and work toward regaining custody of her child, tell her she won't get custody unless she proves she is fit and can provide for her child. The courts won't let her have the child back unless she proves she can provide. Give her some incentive, write up a contract.

 

[Cynthia Harring]

Still desparate

Texas. Can you kick a 17 year old out of the house? Does anyone know
what legal problems could arise from doing this? I don't think I can make
it until she is 18. That is 8 months away.

 

[ajfai]

No you cannot kick her out

You are still legally responsible for her. I have a girlfriend who has the same problems with her daughter who has a child. She has gone to court so many times. We are in TX so really all the court wants is your money to pay for the crimes committed by the teenager. They really are not interested in getting these kids rehabilitated. Unfortunately, there is no other avenue for you. I wish you good luck. Unless she commits enough disruption the only other recourse is that she could possbily go to boot camp.