Recent content by Stackhouse2

Okay, okay. Forgive me for looking at ever possible answer. The law is well known for loopholes...I'm just trying to find one to help me in this case. @ Army Judge, My parents met in the ARMY. They were both out by the time I was two or three, so I wasn't really "an ARMY brat" so to...

Pennsylvania will do it as young as fourteen from what I understand. That, I think, we're both willing to wait. As far as would she be supporting herself...I suppose technically no, but when it comes down to the point, and the state wants to know how she can financially be on her own, if I am...

So if she was already living with me and THEN filed?

Hey! Had a brainwave I could use an opinion on: What about emancipation? If my sister submitted a petition for emancipation to the court, on the note that I would be providing her with the needs of life and finish her education...would that be a possible avenue to take? Thanks! SH2

Haha, yes I am quite capable. Which is why I'm not in collage. Because I can't decide what I want to be "when I grow up". Too many interests and enough brainpower to do whatever I want. I have considered going for law, which was why I knew coming to a forum full of people who know the law would...

Oh, I'm not going anywhere. I'm a fairly intelligent person. I'm getting all my ducks in a row before I DO anything. I'm not idiotic enough to give my mother heads up that I'm trying to take her daughter away from her. Again, many thanks.

Ah, ok, I need to brush up on my law terminology. In that case, de facto might be do-able. Maybe. Okay, so it's a snowball's chance in the underworld, but worth a shot. How long of a term would my sister have to "live with me" before the de facto would be considered? And, yea, never going back...

De facto as in guardian on the will? Because that's possible. That's not the standing right now, but it has been discussed, and I could certainly put pressure on ensuring it happens. My mother made it clear that our father would never be guardian, and I am the next of kin. If my mother died...

Thanks for the advice. If you think of anyway to "untie" my hands, please let me know. I will look into a lawyer in PA. And, if I can stomach it, contact my father. I haven't spoken to him in over a year.

On emotional abuse.... Everything I've marked in bold type my mother is guilty of in one degree or another. Sometimes extremely, sometimes mildly. She also has a rather bad habit of unloading her own problems (with her marriage, with her own sexual abuses, with her boyfriend, with her money...

Physically my sister is not being abused. Mentally and emotionally, ABSOLUTELY! But how does one prove that, and how seriously will a judge take that? When a child is too afraid of further emotional battering, it is hard to ask for help. Trust me, I've been there. As for being 2000 miles...

Hello, I'm 21 years old and my younger sister, who is eleven, has indicated that she wants to come live with me. Our parents got a divorce last January, and at that point our already distant/paycheck parent of a father became a totally non-existent paycheck father. He is not a part of my...