Q: I just found out my roommate sexually assaulted his daughter 14 months ago. What happens to her after he is arrested
His wife, and he adopted mother, has known the entire time. The daughter is currently 17 years old and will be 18 on July 10, 2019. Im worried she will end up in some CPS group home
A: Fortunately, in Texas, once she is 17 she can move where ever she wants. I am not sure if the State still handles the children the same way as in the past. In the past those juveniles that "got in trouble with the law" were sent to TYC. UNFORTUNATELY Texas also has children that for some reason lose all familial relationships and have no other place to go. They too are sent to TYC when there is not a foster home they can be sent to. I sure hope that policy has been changed. It is a horrific dynamic for children that must be taken away from their parents because of abuse because the child through no fault of their own, are separated and excluded from the family home. Of course that results in losing contact with the whole family.
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