
Originally Posted by
zqueez
What are the rights of a 16-yr old girl in California? I know someone who is living w/her dad. Her mom is away pursuing her doctorate so she's in the custody of her dad. She is very unhappy at her dad's house. Her dad's family is really notorious for verbally abusing her and she just doesn't want to be there.
Here are my questions:
1. As a 16 year old, what are her rights?
2. Does she have the right to choose to stay at either her dad's or her maternal grandmother?
3. Can her mother sign over her rights to her grandmother temporarily for custody?
Please advise asap. Thank you.
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They have the right to be safe, she or someone can or should call children services if they are being abused
No she has no right to choose, the court order says who has the custody, only the custodial parent and/or the court. So they have to get the custodial parent permission or one of the other people will have to go to court.
There should be no reason to sign anything over for a temp reason, if they can just agree But if there is a court order between husband and wife, any other agreement will have to include everyone