Can my friend live with my family?

Her parents kicked her out. It's NOT illegal to take in a homeless teen.

HOWEVER...if/when her parents call wanting her to come home, she'll have to go.

Unfortunately, the way to *KEEP* her at your house (and away from the creeps her parents are) is for your parents to call CPS and let them know the situation...and that they're willing to take her in since her grandparents are old (and that the grandparents have agreed to the arrangement as well). Even then, it's NOT a guarantee she'd be able to stay with you, but at least it would get her away from her parents.

Don't discuss this over dinner. Wait until weekend to talk to your parents. They need time to consider & sort it out first. Next, if they do decide she can stay, they need to file for temporary/emergency guardianship through the courts. She will need at least the following: health/dental/vision insurance, food, clothing, shoes, school supplies, transportation, a proper bedroom (maybe shared with you, but her OWN bed), extra money for other necessities. Whomever ends up with guardianship also has the right to some form of child support. She also NEEDS someone who can sign any legal authorization papers-say for medical treatment, school forms, etc. Guardianship covers this. This may all be 'wonderful' for you girls. But a BIG decision & responsibility for your parents to go through in just getting all the legal paperwork lined out. What a mess. So don't get your hopes up too soon. Courts usually honor family ties first, foster homes next, before all others.

Much as I hate to say this, Aurora, the person who is in the best position to help your best buddy out is HERSELF. She needs to work up the courage, face reality, and go to the POLICE and Child Protective Services with her story. Her parents NEED to be caught and prosecuted for their crimes. Willfully abandoning a minor child is a crime in most states, Aurora. And surely you must know that heroin is illegal in every state. If her parents are addicts, then they are physically and emotionally incapable of caring for and providing for their daughter, and the authorities need to be made aware of what's going on your best friend's life, if for no other reason than her own SAFETY. Staying the night with you is a TEMPORARY solution at best. What really needs to happen is that your friend needs to be taken away from her parents and put into foster care, until such time as her parents recover enough or have dealt with their addictions enough to be able to care for her. She shouldn't let them try to guilt her into thinking that THEIR behavior is HER FAULT. It's NOT. Addiction is a DISEASE. Much as you love your friend, and are thrilled with the notion of her staying with you, that's not going to help her very much. She needs more help than you or your folks can really provide.

You can definetly put her up. My best mate used to stay in the guest house for the summers at my parents house when we were younger, his parents were really busy during the summer so having a little time for themselves was good for them to have. Check up on him once in a while we go to the lake house it's a fun time just move her in

As above -- if they do decide she can stay, they need to file for temporary/emergency guardianship through the courts.

The parents do need to get a visit from the police. Heroin is killing people.

What your parents are doing is illegal they do not have legal custody children's services needs called ASAP

Leave this decision to the ADULTS.