Reply #64: if she's 17 can't she just leave home legally?

[pitohui]

in louisiana you can, why not california, aren't they supposed to be more advanced?

in her shoes, i would run away and figure things out from there, they can't hold a 17 yr old who has committed no crime

come to think of it, i did run away for a lot less cause than being locked up in a brainwashing camp

ok, edit after reading further, it sounds like there is a whole big court thing required to get emancipated in california, crap, i'm out of suggestions unless you can afford a lawyer, and the suicide thing does not look good, esp. if she is refusing to take her anti-depressant medication

all i can think to do is send a :hug: and hope for the best, plum out of ideas

maybe in montana it is different and once in that state, since she is 17, she can refuse to be committed to this institution?

she needs a real lawyer methinks