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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Make sure to have him sign paperwork when he turns 18 so you have medical decision making ability. I did that for my DS with a mental illness.[/quote]

I actually don't think this is possible in his situation, but I'll look into it. [/quote]

NP. You can have him sign a HIPAA release so that you can have access to his medical information. Also, a medical power of attorney would, I believe, give you decision making authority were he to become incapacitated, though I admit I have no idea what steps you have to go through to "prove" that he is incapacitated. I would also get financial power of attorney so that you have access to his financial accounts, and look into having him sign a FERPA waiver so that you could, in theory, have access to his school records (though I don't think that gives you immediate access to things like attendance records if you are just trying to monitor him.).[/quote]

No 18 year old is going to go for that. [/quote]

Mine did. He has a mental illness and understood the importance of it. [/quote]

No 18 year old going off to a military academy is going to go for that, if only because it makes them stand out.[/quote]

Signing paperwork makes them stand out??? Nobody knows they did it except their parents.[/quote]

Having access to his school records would! You don't think an academy would wonder why?

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Who cares what they think? Parents wouldn't need to access grades unless there was a reason. [/quote]

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