Can a moms friend get in trouble for taking care of the moms 17yr old?

Question

a 17 year old was living with one of her moms friend for a month and hadnt gone to school in 2 months.. can the moms friend be charged with a harboring a runaway if the cops go to the mother and ask her why she isnt taking care of her own child??

the mother explains to the cops that the 17yr old had "runaway" to california from nevada but knew where she was and knew she wasnt attending school.

what can happen to the mothers friend if she was only helping because the mother would not do anything to take care of her own 17yr old?....the mother knew about it what her friend was doing and was ok with it and had 0% of a problem with it....the mothers friend though....wanted the teen to go back with her mother the whole time

Answer 1

That's a tough one... I would think at 17yrs old the teen would be mostly responsible for their own actions, I think the mothers friend is only guilty of seeing that the teen had a roof over their head ... if she had not took the teen in they would be on the street.
Sometimes you have to put aside what's right for what's safe.

Obviously the mom could'nt handle the teen for whatever reason and found it easier to pawn her off. As far as the moms friend being charged, I would say no, because she did what was in the best interest of the child as far as keeping her off the street , I think any judge would rule in her favor

Not going to school, thats a separate issue I'm not sure about that one.......

Answer 2

It depends on if there are any witnesses stating that they know for sure that the mother knew where her daughter was and gave permission to her friend to take care of her daughter. Otherwise it is her word against her friends. If the mother wanted to pursue it legally, her friend could get into trouble for harboring a runaway.

So lets say "hypothetically speaking" you are the runaway. You should probably speak up if you know of the arrangement, so that the your mothers friend won't get into any trouble. Also "hypothetically speaking" if you are the runaway, get back in school at least, this would show that the friend was taking "good" care of you and meeting your needs as minor.

Answer 3

Anything is possible these days. It probably is true about being able to quit school at 16, but the states are obligated to try to keep the young person in school, after all, it is for his/her own good. It is extremely hard to get a job without a high school diploma. The runaway should try living on her own and see how far that will take her. Kindness does not pay in most of the cases like this.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

she might get in trouble with the law
because the runaway is not in school
but if the mother's friend is scared
she should tell the runaway
enough is enough
I think its time for u to go home

Answer 6

Yes mommas frends can get in a little trouble depending on what the minor does. Daddys friends however can get into alot of trouble.

Answer 7

sorry, im really not sure about most of it. but they couldn't possibly get in trouble that the teen wasnt going to school because you can drop out at 16.