Please Help Me!!!!

[Crazyinlove]

What is the name of your state?Wisconsin

My boyfriend is 15 and currently living with his aunt because his mom left him and has no contact and his dad was abusive to him. But he wants to run away and I told him not to but I dont know what to do for him. He cant live with his aunt anymore because she is locking him in his room and nailing the windows shut so he's traped in there untill he either goes to school or eats she yells at him tells him he's worthless and wont even let me talk to him anymore. She's shutting everyon out of his life thats good for him. My mom and I used to buy him winter jackets and stuff that he needs that she dosents buy for him. I know she's getting money from the state or something but she's not using it on him or his sister that also lives with him who is 14. But she seems to be fine the only person really suffering is him and I'm really afraid for him. I think it's unhealthy for him to be living there is there any way out for him? I know my aunt would take him instantly. She said she would become a foster parent if she had to anything to help him. But the aunt wont let him go she thinks that she's not doing anything wrong. I was reading about some Emancipation thing whats is that all about and could it help him?
Please write back ASAP! thank you


~CrAzYiNlOvE~

 

[rmet4nzkx]

Emancipation isn't even an option at this point.

The aunt is allowed to do some things but not others, while he might be made to stay in a room except to go to school, nailing the windows shut is a health and safety violation. Either he should report this at school to a teacher or counselor or CPS can be called and they will look into the living conditions. Hopefully they would show up without notice so as to catch the violations. If the living conditions are in violation of the law, CPS will place the children in Foster care. Your friend might also ask for a Guardian ad Litem, he can do this by calling the court himself or asking the counselor at school to make the request for him.

 

[cbg]

No, emancipation won't help him.

First of all, not all states will emancipate a minor, and of those that do, most will not emancipate a 15 year old.

Secondly, in order to be emancipated, he would need to prove that he is completely self-supporting. That means that he, and he alone, can pay for rent, food, transportation, medical care, school expenses, entertainment, everything while simultaneously going to school. He can't just go into court and say, well, I plan to get a job; he needs to be able to go in and say, I'm currently employed by XYZ earning $xx.xx per hour, working x number of hours per week; my GPA in school is x.xx, I'm paying $xx.xx per week in rent, and so on.

In most if not all states, he also needs permission from his parent or legal guardian.

 

[stealth2]

I could swear we read the same scenario just recently.

 

[Crazyinlove]

But he's afraid to go in foster care if he does suggest my aunt to take him will they let him go with her? She's not registered asa foster parent but she said she would if she had to.

 

[Crazyinlove]

What is it gonna take for him to get out of his house?

 

[ENASNI]

Umm

I could swear we read the same scenario just recently.

really... do a lot of these teenagers want to get ... what is the word... emancipated? ...

 

[stealth2]

What is it gonna take for him to get out of his house?

Someone has to report the situation to the authorities.

 

[cbg]

Crazy, if he doesn't qualify to be emancipated, then he doesn't qualify to be emancipated. The law is not going to make an exception for him because he doesn't want to go into foster care.

 

[Crazyinlove]

well he gets straight A's he's looking for a job now he's applied many places he's just waiting. Could he live with friend of the family and have him charge rent? Is there anything I could do at all 4 him or do I just sit and watch him suffer?

 

[withonel]

call the authorities

You can tell a teacher, counselor, principal at your school. You can call social services or call the police. If he is living in an unhealthy or unlawful situation some adult will have to help him.

 

[stealth2]

At 15, it is unlikely that he's going to earn enough to fully support himself - in addition to going to school. You need to contact an authority figure. If it's not so bad that one of you will do that, then maybe the situation isn't all that bad.