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Jtbendel
Dec 9, 2011, 03:20 AM
Both her and her husband want to leave the home of her abusive manipulative mother. Her mom takes all of their money and fiends it on selfish things instead of food and heat. Lies to welfare about paying for rent and electricity when she pays nothing. Lets g her nine year old abuse cats. She wants to force my friend to go on disability and my friend does not want to. My faiths is pregnant so she wants her to collect baby supplies from charities to sell at the flea market. Both my friend and her husband want out of the craziness. Legally can he move her to canada, where he is a citizen, because they are married even though she is seventeen?

joypulv
Dec 9, 2011, 03:40 AM
What state?
In many states a married child of 17 can be emancipated by the court, or if she just leaves, they won't go after her.
She and her husband should find out what options they have in Canada for financial support, considering they have a baby on the way. If his family is willing to take them, fine. He needs to find out from Immigration if he can even bring her over the border without a home situation all arranged, and she will need a passport if he can.
Her mother may be awful, but they may not have any awareness of how much it costs to live, especially without welfare and housing in place. Instead of giving her mother money they should buy food and heat directly for a while and save the rest. If the mother is on disability, she is probably paying a small rent, so they need to give her something for that.

Jtbendel
Dec 9, 2011, 03:50 AM
The mother wants to force my friend to go on disability. The mother is not on disability. She does not pay rent she lives off her ex husband and lies to welfare to collect money. They live in New Hampshire.

Fr_Chuck
Dec 9, 2011, 08:06 AM
Why do they give the mom the money, they just refuse.
And mom can not force them to do anything, they again just refuse.

As for as Canada, does the 17 year old have a passport, has she applied for a visa to move and live there ?

joypulv
Dec 9, 2011, 08:38 AM
In NH, a minor (under 18) is emancipated if married, and is free to leave the home without going to court.

What about all my other questions about passport and financial support waiting in Canada? She can't just MOVE there.

Regardless of disability or welfare, they shouldn't be giving her mom money directly. The mom can't 'force her on disability.' It's actually very difficult to get anyway, and even more so as a teen, and has to be recommended to Social Security by a doctor. What would her disability be?

She should be the one writing here. It's difficult to do this second hand.

Jtbendel
Dec 9, 2011, 08:50 AM
Well as I stated her husband is a canadian citizen. She has a passport but if she's married to a citizen and her baby is born in canada she will not need a visa, at least not right away. His family is willing to help them out as his mother is already sending him support checks while he is living in New Hampshire. Basically they have moving to canada covered, I don't know why all of you seem to be fixated on their move to canada. Also how do you figure the question is harder to answer because it's in third person as opposed to first person? You answered it so obviously it's not that hard. The more important part is can she leave her mothers home in New Hampshire without her mother having any recourse? You've answered that now so thank you for your help.

Sariss
Dec 9, 2011, 12:02 PM
If she is American, she doesn't need a VISA period. She can stay legally for 6 months at at time as a visitor, but get it extended. Being married isn't a free ticket into the country, and having a baby sure isn't either. Having a baby in Canada makes really no difference..
They still have to go through the sponsor application for her to become a permanent resident. It can take a long time to get approved, 2 or more years in some cases. It isn't easy and it isn't fun (I know... )And unfortunately if the applicant is under 18 years of age, she has to have her parents sign the form..

Sariss
Dec 9, 2011, 12:05 PM
Also - how old is the husband? If he is under 18, he can't even sponsor her to Canada..

joypulv
Dec 9, 2011, 12:15 PM
No one is fixated on anything. You weren't providing much relevant information. And one of your questions WAS about moving to Canada. Good luck at the border. I have a nephew who was recently turned away for no reason at all. Sorry for trying to help.

Jtbendel
Dec 9, 2011, 01:17 PM
The main question was can she just get up and leave. You answered that her passport and visa are common sense and are irrelevant to you being able to answer the question. You gave me the information I needed based on the information I provided so that's it .

joypulv
Dec 9, 2011, 03:59 PM
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Who 'answered that her passport and visa are common sense and are irrelevant to you being able to answer the question?'

Jtbendel
Dec 9, 2011, 04:05 PM
Ok let's rewrite that then. The main question was can she just get up and leave. You answered that. Her passport and visa are common sense and irrelevant to you answering the question.