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PLONK! - difficult child came home drunk....
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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 49104" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kathy813</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Have you checked with your police department about whether you legally have to have your son in your home until he turns 18?</p><p></p><p>The reason that I ask is that when we were having problems with our difficult child when she was 17, I was told by the police that although we couldn't "kick her out" at 17, that if she left on her own accord we didn't have to let her return.</div></div></p><p></p><p>Haven't asked that specific question - just Googled emancipation law in Kansas, which says I have to keep him until he's 18 and out of school (dropouts count), or until he "abandons the homestead". Need to check on that, but I think that if he runs away before 18, he's a runaway. 18 and over, he's on his own. But I'll check.....</p><p></p><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It sounds to me like your son is going to turn your home into a war zone and I don't think you should let that happen ~ especially for your easy child.</div></div></p><p></p><p>Yeah you betcha. But then, he'll turn around and act like he can't live without us; or at least, that's the facade he shows to wife. All I get lately is the grunting, testosterone-poisoned neanderthal. I grunt back, but I don't seem to have the right dialect because he just ignores me.... </p><p></p><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If you can't kick him out, can you send him to a Residential Treatment Center (RTC)?</div></div></p><p></p><p>Not at his age - no Residential Treatment Center (RTC) will take him against his will unless he's a danger to himself or others. And being a disrespectful, pot-smoking lout doesn't come close. </p><p></p><p>Funny thing is, when he talks to wife, he actually talks about wanting a future: wanting to go to school, wanting to start his own business, wanting a life, etc... How's he going to get there on the path he's currently traveling? I dunno, but he's alienating the very people who can help him get what he wants.</p><p></p><p><strong>Life with Sir Pots-A-Lot is never dull!</strong></p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 49104, member: 3579"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kathy813</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Have you checked with your police department about whether you legally have to have your son in your home until he turns 18? The reason that I ask is that when we were having problems with our difficult child when she was 17, I was told by the police that although we couldn't "kick her out" at 17, that if she left on her own accord we didn't have to let her return.</div></div> Haven't asked that specific question - just Googled emancipation law in Kansas, which says I have to keep him until he's 18 and out of school (dropouts count), or until he "abandons the homestead". Need to check on that, but I think that if he runs away before 18, he's a runaway. 18 and over, he's on his own. But I'll check..... <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It sounds to me like your son is going to turn your home into a war zone and I don't think you should let that happen ~ especially for your easy child.</div></div> Yeah you betcha. But then, he'll turn around and act like he can't live without us; or at least, that's the facade he shows to wife. All I get lately is the grunting, testosterone-poisoned neanderthal. I grunt back, but I don't seem to have the right dialect because he just ignores me.... <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If you can't kick him out, can you send him to a Residential Treatment Center (RTC)?</div></div> Not at his age - no Residential Treatment Center (RTC) will take him against his will unless he's a danger to himself or others. And being a disrespectful, pot-smoking lout doesn't come close. Funny thing is, when he talks to wife, he actually talks about wanting a future: wanting to go to school, wanting to start his own business, wanting a life, etc... How's he going to get there on the path he's currently traveling? I dunno, but he's alienating the very people who can help him get what he wants. [b]Life with Sir Pots-A-Lot is never dull![/b] Mikey [/QUOTE]
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