Here's the guidelines for North Carolina:
Households may have $2,000 in countable resources, such as bank accounts and money in certain retirement accounts. Households may have $3,250 if at least one person is age 60 or older or disabled. Certain resources are not counted, such as homes, buildings, and land. The resources of people who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Work First payments or services are not countable.
yes you can. goverment will probably take a lean on your property
A child should have their own savings account starting at a young age.
Whether you have custody of your own or someone elses child it's the biological parents that pay child support for their child. If they can not pay there is welfare.
Every child needs his/her own passport to travel outside of their home country.
The rules depends on where you live and also you parents are responsible for you and if you live with them it's possible the state count their income into yours to see if you are eligible for welfare. The father of the baby also has to pay child support. At 13 you are also very young and in some states you can not apply unless you are 16, 18, live on your own or emancipated.
You need to check with child welfare centre, is there any person you trust enough to talk to, it sounds like you need to talk to someone as soon as possible, you may feel alone but there is someone out there that will be able to tell you what to do or advise you. Take Care.
Often, a family member assumes custody of the child, either on their own (in which case they need to get legal custody ASAP) or through the State's child protection/child welfare agency.
yes Child support is awarded when one or both parents are absent. If the child's parents are living together with the child (in their own home or other living arrangement), no child support is due.
The definition of child abandonment is very clear in Indiana. Any child who is young and left on their own is considered abandoned.
The parents are responsible for the welfare of the minor until they reach the age of majority. They do not have to let them live at home. However, they do have to provide for the child.
To be a kid. Then to be a teenager. Then to be a young adult. Then they'll have a kid of their own an the cycle repeats.
You should be living at home at 14. You are too young to live on your own at that age.
There is no law in Australia stating specifically that a child cannot be left home alone. However, there are a number of welfare laws which raise issues that should be adressed before you consider leaving a child home alone for any length of time. The related link leads to the Australian Government's Parentlink page on this matter, which has more information and advice regarding leaving a child on their own. It details all of the concerns regarding the law and has advice regarding when a child can be left home alone.