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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:47 PM Original message |
Neb. parents rush to leave kids before law changes |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. An 18-year-old is an adult -- how can they be abandoned if they aren't special needs??? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The law, IIRC, goes up to age 19. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I feel sorry for TM -- you don't even pay for her to tan any more |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I was, too. But, admittedly, I don't know that much about the law. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Here is the bit on the 18 yr old... |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Mental health care is often not paid for by Medicaid and this may have |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. They can't. At the end of the article it says that state law prohibits |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. When I was teaching high school in CT back in the 80s, |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. I won't cast judgement on the parents as I don't know their situations. |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-13-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think it should stay ALL ages. If parents are overwhelmed and desperate enough to abandon... |
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