by druidabruxux

Question by Peggy: domestic abuse gone too far legally?
i am a young adult in my 20s.i have controlling religous parents and during college they forced me to live at home and i was suffering medical conditions so i couldnt afford to work and attend class at the same time to pay for housing or my own tuition. they said they would pay tuition and for books, necesities if i lived at home and commuted , so i did
then i got into a bad accident in my senior year and couldnt walk well anymore and i suffer multiple severe health problems i found out when i went to the hospital from the accident. they expected me to die since it was a severe accident but i fought and tried to survive.
i am a young adult with severe health problems and debilitating effects from the accident
i used to be athletic and very mobile and physically active, now i can barely get myself down steps or out of bed with no trouble. i walk slow and used a walker for much of the last few years since the injury
i also pass out alot because i found out i have a heart condition so i get dizzy many times and chest pains.so i have to be careful, im trying to care for my health so i can rehabilitate and go back and finish 2 more semesters(i never finished the first of the last yr). and then get a career and move away this time around.
if i had a degree i could get a good job and support myself. right now thats not possible. im sick and in severe pains daily. im in the worst pain sometimes. it is worse then going to a dentist. i never felt such pain in my life but i had to adjust to it, since pain medication dosnt help alot.
so im not physically well for a person my age and im not able to work or do any manual labor such as lifting certain things, running,bending without more pains, this all started after the accident, before this of course i was physically able to do anything..
now i have this new severe mobility trouble. but i care for myself. i bathe, dress,feed myself with no one helping(no one ever did after the injury)i always managed but i do things slower and take my time.i cant lift shopping bags so i compromise and order delivery over the phone. i buy groceries over the phone to be delivered

anyways i have abusive parents. even tho they allow their adult children to live at home. i have 4 siblings, my older sibling lived at home till she was 29 and got married. my other older sister lived at home alot as an adult and for a few months when she was 26. they financially support all of my siblings.
but they have become physically violent to me. i dont need them i just need a roof over my head or a comfortable place to stay so i can recover and see doctors and care for my health, its a long recovery process. i am onloy starting to see a little progress now
i just need a roof over my head, a comfortable place to rest and some basic necessities like food, basic clothes, vitamins.
so i do not need to pay rent if i live at home
but i dont think its a problem since i have wealthy parents who pay for credit cards, cars, houses, vacations for my siblings but not me.
so its not a burden to pay for groceries for me or some cheap shoes or a coat
i get verbally abused every day by them, my father has some big problem, he screams and threatens me daily he causes severe abuse on me
he got angry, he is angry alot but he hired an expensive lawyer and went to court and got legal control over me.i am a grown woman in my 20s. so this is the usa and this should not be legal
he must have lied in court, because when he went i was on bed rest and unable to walk down the stairs. so i could not get to court and didnt have money for a lawyer since i spent all of my money paying for many of my health costs and medical tests.i have very little savings left
i read some of the court papers and it says on the papers that im born with mental retardation and have the iq of a 7 year old child. he did not tell the court that im a college educated sophisticated young woman. he did not tell them that i have health problems, he did not tell them that i was in an accident. he told them that i dont work and that im mentally retarded and do not know how to perform simple tasks that many schoolchildren do
he made up a bunch of lies and went without me knowing to a psychiatrist and had a letter writen about me saying im schitzophrenic, when i never even met this doctor. if the doctor exhists. there was an adress on the letter so i called the cops and told them the adress of the office that was on paper. they told me i need to go to the police station in the town the office is
i do not drive and the office is an hour away and out of the state.
so i gave up on that
my local precinct didnt want to let me file anything
there also is a letter from a social worker i never saw with many lies written down about me.. i found this all stapled in court papers

i am guessing he must have used alot of fake evidence against me
because i do not qualify for this

i dont have money for a lawyer and legal aid refuses to help me since

Best answer:

Answer by allfoamnobeer
I don’t know what you’re looking for. If the situation at your parents is abusive, leave. If you’ve got a college education you should be able to do something. If that’s not an option, phone your local bar association or legal aid and find yourself a lawyer.

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