Can I lock my brother up although he is bipolar? And can I take action against my parents for allowing it to get this far?
My brother has been diagnosed with bipolar, and it’s getting worse he busted my 5 year old brothers lip and tried to get to him through the door out of rage. We were in the room locked up and he was banging on the door trying to get to my younger brother. Keep in mind my brother who is bipolar is 17 years old! My mom and dad are gonna sit back and said well my little brother messed with him and they closed the door. They let my older brother calll them bitches and disrespect them every way possible! I’m 24 and I’m fed up this is starting to effect my younger siblings and their my world! If my mom allows him to disrespect her fine but not my brother and sister! I don’t care about my brother anymore dead or alive he’s done soo much and I’m just fed up. Also can we send him to a detention center although he has no social security?
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Your mother and father are NOT doing your brother or anyone in your family, by doing nothing. Perhaps they don't know what to do. But one thing is for SURE... They have to protect Everyone in the house. AND ASAP. Whatever that takes. If they don't protect Everyone, then that is a TYPE OF CHILD ABUSE.
Hopefully you and your young brother can find someone else to live with. ASK Neighbors, friends, teachers, relatives, ETC.
Your PARENTS have created the monster your brother is today. There is all sorts of self-help for bipolar disorder on line, and if a person wants to start some measure of recovery, they will use it... and/or seek therapy and WORK that.
But your brother doesn't have to because your parents treat him like a retard
PS people with bipolar disorder are often highly intelligent, so it's not like your brother doesn't know about the fact there is help out there. He's too comfortable causing chaos and being treated like a moron
He’s not going to end up in juvenile detention if you don’t start calling the police every time he harms someone. But his immigration status is irrelevant as a large percentage of those in various lockup situations are illegals.
The better move for your family would be to try to get him into an in patient care facility before he ends up in juvie.
Only his parents can send him to treatment against his will and it does not seem they want to. What you CAN do is call the police when he gets violents and let THEM deal with it, also press charges when they do, that is the only way. Bipolar is not an excuse to yell and scream and hurt others. Another option is to call CPS and tell them the household is unsafe to your younger siblings and then offer to take them when they are removed from the home, unless that is you are living in the home also.
No, you're not his next of kin or his power of attorney. You would at minimum be his port of attorney.
Locking someone up for mental illness isn't the best form of treatment so with your attitude it's unlikely the court would grant you POA over this person. In general the POA has the person's well being, best interest and is their biggest advocate, not someone who wants to do away with them.
"Disrespecting" someone is not a crime and not a way to have someone committed.
Also if you in order to have someone in a facility... you have to figure out a way to pay for their care too. Facility care of any kind is not cheap.