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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe she could be legally emancipated from her parents.

If another family member would put her up for a few years, it's just a little while until she is legally an adult.

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We're likely going to look into some sort of legal guardianship.

The problem I can see is that it's not really a viable option to have a relative move into the same school district she attends now.

Parents with kids in high school or older: How disruptive would it be for a junior to switch schools?

In order to keep her at her current school, the only options I can think of involve a friend's family (I don't think it's reasonable to ask someone who isn't family to take in a teen for 3 years though) or foster care in her county (that sounds like a last resort to me... the overwhelmed system serves tons of kids in awful situations with no relatives as options and I don't want cousin to feel abandoned).

Our aunt had two young kids, one with serious health issues, and lives close to the hospital his doctors work at. Moving is not much of an option and probably neither is taking my cousin in long term if she has other choices.

My mom could take her in if cousin moves here, but her company's offices are not at all close to cousin's current home district.

My fiance had I had a long chat over Skype this morning, and while neither of us is convinced we're ready to raise a teen, we have agreed that being here for my cousin is very important and if my entire family, including my cousin, thinks I'm the best choice for her to live with, we're willing to figure out how to make it work since I know I'll have family support from my mother. He lost a (distant) cousin to suicide because of bullying over sexual orientation, so this hits close to home for both of us and we're willing to do whatever is best for my cousin.

Nothing is even close to being decided yet, but I'm starting to consider the options. [/quote]

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