If parents abandon a teenager and leaves him at the house, what would happen to him?

Question

I'm writing a book, and the parents abandon their 16 year old son at their house. What would happen first? Who would get the house? Where would the son go? To the closest relative? Where would he go until then? Eeeeek plz help...

Answer 1

Well this depends on how resourceful the teen is...
A teen can fool every one by just going to school and acting like nothing has changed till the groceries run out and the bills pile up...
But then if some one finds out the social services would step in....Social Services would try to find out who the closet relative is and see if they are fit to take in the teen and then if they are able.....The house would belong to the teen if its paid for and if he can find a way to pay the taxes on it, or it can be sold and the money put in an account for the boys future or for his care takers to care for him....Hope I helped some...
Good luck writing your book, and God bless

Answer 2

As long as the house did not have a Mortgage, the power was kept up, etc, the teen could go a long time before being noticed. He could sgn his own slips, eat what he wanted, rent out the rooms to pay the bills, get his own pet, have a pretty good time I bet. Great idea for a book. Have fun. Don't forget to make him go to school in the story.

Answer 3

As far as I know social services will pick him up and put him in a foster home for now until he gets a foster parents. Depending on the courts or social services. There was a show about kids who had to look after there siblings after their parents who were unable to take care of them, got killed, or abandon on Oprah not to long ago like last week or 2. I would check her web site out for more information. Good luck.

Answer 4

If the house is not paid for, it will be taken over by the bank! If its paid for but the teenager has .failed ot pay yearly taxes, a lien will be placed on the house. If not paid, he can lose it too.
At 16, he is still a minor so the authorities can not let him live there by himself. He might be placed in a group home, if lucky, or placed in foster care if there are no relatives that can step in. But they are supposed to try to find a competent relative first

Answer 5

Speaking of as a teen- but not for very much longer- he will probably have a party if his parents were gone and invite his friends over, if not his girlfriend if he has one. But if his parents just left him, then I guess either another family member would step in and move into the house until he turns 18 or he would go live with one of his friends until his 18 birthday or he will live in his hous alone by himself.

Answer 6

If the parents just left, eventually the mortgage company or bank would get tired of not getting paid, and would foreclose on the property. That would take several (3 or 4) months. Once the foreclosure went through, the Sheriff would evict the kid, if he were still living there.
Don't forget about all the utility bills, too. If he's not paying them, they'll be cut off.

Answer 7

The teenager would stay in the house, he doesn't need his drugged out parents who might be skipping the country? The 16yr old finds a good paying job after school with the help of his friends parents. He eventually is able to finish his schooling, with Honors, and lives happily ever after ...........

Answer 8

ok im a teen i can help-
1- party and destruction
2-feeling a little lonely
3-legaly the house would go to some govenment bastards, but ur writing a book be creative...

Answer 9

He would probably go to a relative or be smart and call child protective services.

Answer 10

That happened to me (except for the house part). My mother died when I was two years old. I also had a brother and sister. My father was overwhelmed by his responsibilities, and asked family members whether they wanted us. I was taken in by an aunt and uncle. Later, my aunt decided she no longer wanted any part of the parenthood thing and told me to get out and not come back. I wasn't a bad kid. I didn't understand why she was doing this. I still don't understand why, but I didn't worry about it then, nor do I worry about it now. I just moved on.

So, I was out on the streets. Didn't finish high school (this happened early during my sophomore year). Was struggling to earn money for food and to find a place to stay. My uncle discreetly found people who would provide me with food and a place to stay, and I guess he was paying them for doing this. Anyway, I didn't figure this out until later in life. I thought I was imposing on these people. I got a job for a while. My task was to take live chickens out of cages that had been delivered via tractor trailer truck. I had to hang them upside down by their legs on an assembly line type of arrangement. Somewhere down the line, they got their throats cut, and bled to death. I lost the job because at some point we started to receive large turkeys (called stags). I wasn't strong enough to keep up, and I found myself rapping the turkey's head against the counter to calm them down when they were frantically flapping their large wings in my face as I turned them upside down. They would sometimes take a crap and their wings would flip the stuff in my face. What I didn't realize was that banging their head against the counter wasn't just calming them down--it often was killing them. That's why I got fired. When I picked up my final check, the lady told me that I shouldn't feel bad. She explained that most people my size didn't last as long as I did.

After that experience, I decided that joining the military might be a good idea, but I was too young. I was sixteen, and to join, I was required to be at least eighteen. Later the recruiter indicated that if my real father would sign papers, I could enlist at age seventeen. He signed, and I was in the military. I was in for a four year stint. It was ok. More enjoyable than hanging chickens and turkeys, but I didn't care for the control the military has on people. Early in my enlistment, I took the high school GED test and passed it. I wasn't allowed to get the diploma until my regular high school class graduated (a couple of years later). I did well in the military, but got out after doing my four years.

As a civilian, I got many jobs (all low paying), but I made an effort to manage my money well, and did pretty well. I'm now 66, retired, and financially secure in spite of my meager earnings and not having done much in terms of planning for retirement. I currently live off my pension. It's enough to meet my needs, and I consequently seldom need to touch interest earned from savings I managed to accumulate over the years. In another four years, I'll be 70, and will be required to draw social security benefits. I'm one of the few who decided to postpone drawing benefits. Anyway, when that happens, the money comming in from the pension, savings, and social security combined will be in excess of three times what I need to live on, so I should do just fine.

I'm not a big spender, but I don't deprive myself. I have no debt. I feel very fortunate. I don't know what made me live a fairly frugal life and save money, but I'm sure glad I did.

In spite of my humble beginings, I think I'm now better off than many who started out with a silver spoon in their mouth.

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