[il] 15 Yo Refusing To Go To His Dads After Incident.
Location: Illinois
My son is 15 yo and I share 50/50 custody with his dad and we are in Illinois.
His father is an alcoholic and is verbally and emotionally abusive. Things have been slowly escalating and we have had to get the police and CPS involved but nothing ever came of it.
Last week- on a school night, my son was at his dad’s and his dad (drunk) started a fight with him at 10pm at night. His dad got in his face abd was screaming at my son to “hit him”. He kept getting more and more aggressive so my son pushed him away and left the room. His dad calmed down after saying that “he was proud son did that bc now he’s a real man”. He just harasses our kid non stop and it’s wearing on him. My son has been sleeping this whole weekend bc he gets zero sleep at his dads bc of the drunken harassment.
My son is set to go back Monday and he’s just straight up refusing to go. He said he doesn’t want to go back there until his dad gets help. He’s scared and exhausted.
I have gotten a counselor for our kid. I’ve previously contacted the police who reported to CPS regarding a similar incident, but we never heard anything despite multiple follow ups. This was 2 months ago. I’m a single mom with a chronic illness and I can not afford a lawyer and don’t have family that can lend me the money. I also don’t qualify for financial assistance.
I am not sure what steps to take without a lawyer but I also can’t force a 15 year old kid to go back to his dads when he is straight up refusing to go back. The situation is escalating and I’m not sure how to go about this.
Can my son say he doesn’t want to go back?
What do I need to do here?
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