He smirks a little at the suggestion, he doesn't hate it, but--
"It's not that simple," because nothing ever is, and Leonard has been thinking about this for awhile now. Pouring over law books and researching things he could. "I was looking into some stuff, I could get out now, I could make a case to get emancipated, sever his paternal rights to me, but I dunno what would happen with her, if I did. She could end up in the system or somethin'. But if we hold off til next year, I don't even have to deal with all that. Next summer, I'll be eighteen, I can leave whenever I want and I can push to be her legal guardian."
He takes a long sip of his beer. "It'll be insane and they'd be in our business for awhile, but once they know I can handle it and she's fine..." he shrugs. There's a lot of risk in it because there's a lot of law to it, but so far it seems to be the best plan he could see. He stares up at Mick, waiting to judge his reaction.
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"It's not that simple," because nothing ever is, and Leonard has been thinking about this for awhile now. Pouring over law books and researching things he could. "I was looking into some stuff, I could get out now, I could make a case to get emancipated, sever his paternal rights to me, but I dunno what would happen with her, if I did. She could end up in the system or somethin'. But if we hold off til next year, I don't even have to deal with all that. Next summer, I'll be eighteen, I can leave whenever I want and I can push to be her legal guardian."
He takes a long sip of his beer. "It'll be insane and they'd be in our business for awhile, but once they know I can handle it and she's fine..." he shrugs. There's a lot of risk in it because there's a lot of law to it, but so far it seems to be the best plan he could see. He stares up at Mick, waiting to judge his reaction.