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I think the best advice is not to take your 15 year old niece's version as "gospel truth."  Take the facts as they are and at best a total shock and life changer for the teen and for her parents.  I would suggest talking to the parents as calmly as possible and simply stating that is what and all you are doing. Then ask them what their plan of action will be.  Hopefully, one or both of them would establish a dialog with them - skyping in privacy might be a start and together work out a plan to bring her back to her home.

Before talking with her parents, you might make a couple of local calls to see what is the usual plan of action for a 15 year old out of her home on her own and pregnant.  I would bet it is to enter the Foster Care system in her area, which might not be great, but necessary for a while.  And see if counseling is involved.

What she is going to do with a baby is an important added dimension and depending upon your beliefs, the clock is ticking on that one.  But you need to think of the well-being of your own children and family first.  And this teen sounds like she needs a lot more attention than you can reasonably be expected to give her.  Being out-of-state, I doubt you could get her into your state's systme unless you took on some sort of guardianship role.

You might make a few calls to the parents' home area to see what services would be available to a runaway teen in terms of temporary foster care placement, individual for her and family therapy aimed at reunification AND services for the baby and one expecting. It is a real mess, but there are now "2 children" to be the focus of everyone's attention.[/quote]

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