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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I had the money I'd just let them stay in a rental under my name. Barring that send them to your parents.

[b]But you know your sister best - was she ever the type of child to acknowledge boundaries and does she have the guts to recognize if/when her son is a danger to himself or others?
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If she can't do either I'd get the exDH (if you know him well enough to determine he isn't a child predator) involved pronto and ask him what his thoughts are on his child and if necessary - you'll support him in a custody hearing as long as mental health treatment will be involved. If the child needs to be locked up, then he needs to be locked up. [/quote]

Hard to say. She did push for him to get a mental evaluation. But, as far as her parenting goes, she lets a lot of things go. Perhaps because she knows he's a ticking time bomb? I know that the therapist said to get him involved in Yoga. I am not sure if its a mental issue or more of a behavioral one[/quote]

If he spent a week in an inpatient hospital b/c of threats of harming himself, your sister would be getting more recommendations other than just yoga.  If you're not a troll and your sister truly thinks everything is fine ask to go with her to see the kid's therapist.  Seriously they would not have said just yoga.[/quote]

I swear I am not a troll. I don't know if they don't want to keep him because of her Insurance (State) or not. I asked her what kind of things I needed to know before he came home, she said, " ’ll have a crisis prevention and escalation plan that I can give you , there creating it for me ? with all my expectations and wants etc! But not a lot to Absorb at all " (and that was copied and pasted. 
The hospital is 4 hours away, I cant be there. [/quote]

Your sister sounds like she's deep in denial.  Review the crisis prevention plan with her.

Her kid might have ptsd, he might have autism, or bipolar disorder.  Generally kids who have had trauma do regular therapy.  Your sister may want to get get trained in how to physically restrain him if necessary.  Many places that work with kids on the spectrum can train her and you if he's going to be living or visiting a lot.

The local school system can give him an IEP under ED--emotional disability.  Your sister needs to know if she doesn't try to get him appropriate care, he will probably end up dead.[/quote]

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