options for 17 year old advice needed asap
Hello, My younger brother is 17 years old. His mother moved to SC, and our father moved to New hampshire. Due to abuse from his step dad, his mom allowed her ex husband to have tempoary guardianship of him so he could move back here to indiana. That guardianship is set to run up this summer, and due to some issues (abuse/drugs) with his ex-step-dad, he does not want his mom to grant guardianship back to him, but he does want (and needs) to stay in Indiana. His girl friend is currently 4 1/2 months pregnant with his child. He will be 18 in March of next year. He does not want to move back into his moms house, and be half way across the country when his child is born, or for the first 4-5 months of his childs life. His girlsfriends mom has offered to take tempeary guardianship of him untill his 18th birthday, and allow him to live in their finished basment so he is able to help care for his child. She also has offered to help him get a car, so he can get back and forth to work to support his child. I know that our dad would not have an issue with her having guardianship, but as his mom is the custodal parent, he has little say in it. Also, i am not sure what legal standing i would have, i am pretty sure it would be none, seeing as i am legally adopted.
if anyone has anyadvice on what his options may be, it would be greatly appricated. He would have a safe steady place to live, he is looking for a job now (he isn't affraid to work, he held 3 jobs in SC, plus school), his grades aren't the -best- but they aren't horrible, he wants to finish h/s and has no intention of droping out. He is trying to do the right thing, but is finding that he is in am impossible situation.
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