About 12 or 13 but dont pressure your child
The place you have to start with is the local social work department before you are trying to give away your child. Then the local agency will start the process for you.
They should see a counselor who is familiar with this kind of issue. Stay away from regression therapy and hypnosis. They have not proven effective in this kind of situation, and can even worsen the condition. Your local Mental Health Association can point you in the right direction.If the child is still being abused, the matter should be reported to your local police immediately. It is your responsibility as an adult to see to it that the child gets protection. Remember that these "inner ways" are protection for the child. They are not abnormal conditions. They should not be tampered with by any but experts, and not until the child is safely away from the abuse.
My son is five and a half, and we recently spent a month away from home. He seemed to enjoy the entire trip, and would like to do it again. He spent a week away from home several times before this, since the age of two. Every child is different, so it depends.
check for any injurys to the child
The sort of child locks that are effective in keeping children away from where they should not be are Zilch Child Locks as well as Concord Child Locks which are just topnotch and really easy to install.
Family courts in most(all?) states have ruled that you cannot deprive a parent (of either gender) of associating with their child. You had better check with your local family court or DCFS before you find yourself in trouble.
It depends on the how the support was laid out legally. You should check your local laws because it also depends where you are located and the age of majority there - support usually stops when the child has reached age of majority unless otherwise stated by both parties. Now, again checking your local laws, if the child is no longer residing with the person that is receiving the support payments the support payments should no longer have to be made. Child support payments are paid to support a child.
cons:a parent can't control a child when they are away from home. pro:a parent should have shown a child right from wrong before they leave home.
Money should not be your concern right now. Finding the child should be the most important thing right now.
No. The money isn't for the mother. The money is for supporting the child. Back child support belongs to the estate of the deceased and will eventually benefit the child. And even if the child should die, the back child support does not go away.
As he gave it to you before he passed away, it should not be permitted as being part of his estate. Check with the local laws concerning this.
3 months