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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you are getting a lot of bad advice.
You need to talk to a family law attorney who can set this up.  First, I’m assuming your son is a citizen so won’t have the immigration issue, right?  
If you leave him and he is deemed an abandoned minor, CPS will put him in the system.  As a well behaved teen from a supportive family he might get lucky with a foster home placement.  Otherwise, he will end up in a group home situation or supervised apartment situation which might be okay or maybe not.  It’s hard to say.  An attorney would be able to help you either get him emancipated (which would sever your parental rights over him if you were able to return—which may not be a big deal if your son is responsible and you have a good relationship) or to set him up with a legal guardian.  At 16, I am not sure if a legal guardian would have to live with him—a family law attorney could answer this. One thing to discuss with your immigration lawyer is whether emancipation will affect his ability to sponsor you as an adult child, if you want to get permanent residency through that route.  I would check on that.
Good luck.  I feel like a lot of posters are forgetting that their own great-grandparents got on boats at 16 to come over here and work in mills or scrubbing floors.  Not everyone has the ability to live the John Hughes movie teenage life.  Again, best of luck to you.[/quote]

He is far better off living alone if he is responsible than going into CPS.  As long as he's cared for, CPS will not get involved.  More than likely he'd be in a group home or independent living.   Most foster homes aren't very good.[/quote]

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