This advice is concerning a friend of mine who has been residing in an unhappy household for quite some time. He is a resident of Pennsylvania who is 17 and will be turning 18 in mid-February of 2015. I am currently living in Wisconsin and am 20. We have been close friends for a while and I have personally meet his parents and I would agree with him that they partake in a significant amount of emotional and psychological abuse towards him. There is also some marijuana use involved with his mother. He had been held back in public school until his parents had him drop out and enroll in online school. He is still very behind (hasn't finished 9th grade) and with low grades that might cause him to be kicked out of the online school program he is a part of. I am living on my own in an apartment with a full time job and a college degree, and want more than anything to provide a safe place for him to grow. I have already researched GED requirements and his ability to work in Wisconsin, and I know without a doubt that he would be much safer and happier here.
If I were to pick him up and bring him here to live with me, what are the possible outcomes? I know as a minor his parents can file a missing persons report to have him sent back, but with the verbal abuse and drug use, as well as my ability to provide him with a safe living condition and a way to get an education, I think I have a pretty solid case to why he should stay with me. I just don't want to get him caught up in a messy legal battle, or have him wind up in the hands of Child Services.
If I were to pick him up and bring him here to live with me, what are the possible outcomes? I know as a minor his parents can file a missing persons report to have him sent back, but with the verbal abuse and drug use, as well as my ability to provide him with a safe living condition and a way to get an education, I think I have a pretty solid case to why he should stay with me. I just don't want to get him caught up in a messy legal battle, or have him wind up in the hands of Child Services.
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