hello, Reddit I [17, OH, USA] am in a tricky situation regarding my personal finances, due to my thieving parents. To begin with, my parents have stolen close to $3,000 from me at this point, and are continually leaching my funds. Because I am still a minor, I am aware that in this moment there is nothing I can do to fight it. But i’ll be 18 soon, and plan to open a checking & savings account that my parents dont know about/can’t access ASAP. However, I fear the repercussions that will fall on me when my parents realize i’ve cut them off from my money. I used to have no access to my bank account, and when I tried to cut them off and force them to give me the info for my account (by shutting off my direct deposit and withholding my checks until they gave me the account info), they said that “if I had been 18, this type of stunt would have gotten my ass put on the street.” Because of this, I am afraid of what is going to happen, although there’s a good chance I could go live with my grandma, which is some comfort.
However, this leaves the issue of college and the FAFSA. If they have kicked me out, knowing them, they would absolutely refuse to fill out the FAFSA in order to try and regain control of me, or simply out of spite. From what i’ve read, even if they have kicked me out and cut me off, I am still technically a ‘dependent’. What the hell could/should I do?
Submitted June 12, 2020 at 07:42PM by Lady-of-the-Frogs https://ift.tt/3focJYf
