Originally Posted by boykinmama

Grace, step up to this one. It seems she is worried that her daughter will leave her home once the baby is born. If there is a history of drugs, that might be problematic. But if it is just a liason to the wrong boy, perhaps there is nothing that can be done.

But if her daughter is only 14, is she still a dependent child... and since she is actually too young in the eyes of the law to be on her own if she has NOT had a relationship and a child, does having a child somehow emancipate her? Can her mother expect to use CPS to counsel her daughter to stay at home and finish school?

The whole point of this woman's problem is whether she can keep her daughter and granddaughter from leaving. If the father is more than two years older, most states would have him up on charges of statutory rape. This is just too young to risk having her daughter on the streets with an unsatisfactory relationship... unmarried! While I wouldn't put my daughter's sweetheart in jail over having a child, if he were 25, I might. If she just had a wild summer, she is definitely not ready for her own place at 14-15.