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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 38381" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p>Thanks CAMom. Unfortunately, there aren't any "reform" type facilities that will take him. He's too close to being an adult, and is "just a pothead". Not enough justification to put him in inpatient against his will and keep him there. Only the courts can do that.</p><p></p><p>And it may come to pass that the courts will get involved. Unfortunately, I just got back from my appointment. with difficult child's therapist, and according to "the law", there isn't much I can do right now. I can't kick him out until he's 18 AND out of school (dropping out counts). He's still in school, just got a much better job, is keeping up with his bills, basically leaving me with nothing I can legally use to eject him from my house (not that we've decided to do that yet). So for now, it's a mexican standoff for the next 12-14 months, unless he chooses to move out on his own (which he said he wouldn't do, because "he can't support himself yet").</p><p></p><p>At this point, I don't know what my options are any more. All that's left is to actually call the police the next time he has drugs, report him as a runaway when he breaks curfew, etc... But unlike getting caught "on his own" for doing illegal things, those actions would give him even more reason to be angry and resent us - feelings that he already uses as an excuse to act out would only be strengthened.</p><p></p><p>There really are some days when I wish I'd payed more attention in sex-ed class to the birth control sessions...</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 38381, member: 3579"] Thanks CAMom. Unfortunately, there aren't any "reform" type facilities that will take him. He's too close to being an adult, and is "just a pothead". Not enough justification to put him in inpatient against his will and keep him there. Only the courts can do that. And it may come to pass that the courts will get involved. Unfortunately, I just got back from my appointment. with difficult child's therapist, and according to "the law", there isn't much I can do right now. I can't kick him out until he's 18 AND out of school (dropping out counts). He's still in school, just got a much better job, is keeping up with his bills, basically leaving me with nothing I can legally use to eject him from my house (not that we've decided to do that yet). So for now, it's a mexican standoff for the next 12-14 months, unless he chooses to move out on his own (which he said he wouldn't do, because "he can't support himself yet"). At this point, I don't know what my options are any more. All that's left is to actually call the police the next time he has drugs, report him as a runaway when he breaks curfew, etc... But unlike getting caught "on his own" for doing illegal things, those actions would give him even more reason to be angry and resent us - feelings that he already uses as an excuse to act out would only be strengthened. There really are some days when I wish I'd payed more attention in sex-ed class to the birth control sessions... Mikey [/QUOTE]
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