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Sabi0118
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- New York
My husband and I both reside in NYC. We are 22 with stable income and no kids yet. His sister(my sister in law) is 16 years old and is having a hard time in her home with her mom. Their living situation isn't the best and is causing a lot of stress amongst them all. To elaborate, they are living in a three bedroom home with 5 pets, the sister, 2 brothers (one is autistic), mom and grandmother. Plus 2 more her godmother and godmother's boyfriend. The autistic brother has progressively gotten violent and lashes out on her verbally and if not caught in time perhaps physically. Her mother blames her for everything and seems to only add to the stress of the situation. My sister in law has messaged me many times of how she feels depressed and feels like a guest in her own home. She barely eats or sleeps, isn't doing well in school and things seem to only get worse. At the moment she is staying with us (husband convinced their mom to let her stay with us) and has been much better these last couple of weeks. She is eating and sleeping better. Attending school and overall her mood is better. We are more than willing to have her stay with us almost permanently and provide all we can for her. However, would being her guardian be enough? At the moment we feel a bit helpless in case an emergency happens since their mom doesn't cooperate with us by giving us the medical insurance, permission to let her school call us and help out overall. She already has social workers visiting the home and an investigator since my sister in law missed many days of school. Is there anything we can do to help her? We really doubt the mom is going to let her stay with us long....