help with problem child

[kim2000]

I have a son that will be 18 on 4/16/08, he has became totally uncontrolable. He has been caught stealing coolers of beer but the owener would not press charges. He has dropped out of school, refuses to work and will not do anything around the house but make messes and tear things up. He continually brings pot in the house. His older brother is home after getting out of a army prison and is trying to turn his life around and cannot be having this go on. Can I legally kick him out and if he wont leave have him physically removed by the police? I am in the state of Illinois.

 

[Duranie]

Have you called Social Services and looked into maybe having him sent to a home or boot camp for troubled youths? If he brings drugs into the house, call the police and have him arrested. I do not see how you can legally throw him out, you are still responsible for him until he turns 18 should anything happen to him.