Q: My 18 year old daughter has mental issues ( severe depression) and her mother wants to kick her out of her house.
My daughter recently was interned in a mental hospital, and when she came out just before her 18th birthday, her mother has been threatening to kick her out on her 18th birthday (which was yesterday).
My daughter is in such a state that she cannot keep up with her classes at school, and has also not been able to hold down her job in a fast food restaurant. I believe she is incapable of living on her own, even if I continue sending her
$ 1,000 per month (which her mother has been taking to pay the rent!).
I do not live in the US, and my daughter has never lived with me, though I have sent her $ 1,000 (or sometimes more) every month for the last 18 years. I am at a loss as to what I can do.
Thank you so much for any advice you can give my daughter.
A: Your daughter is now an adult. Unless she gives you (or someone here in the states you both trust) Power of Attorney there is very little you can do to help her. If you can afford to hire a competent Florida lawyer they may be able to find someone to help and do the POA that is needed--and then help her find a new place to live.
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