laws protecting 18 year old h.s. student

[raynaud5]

Bare with me because this might be lengthy.. A friend of mine who is 18 and still in high school is living at home with her Mom and her Mom's boyfriend of 13 years. The other day she was told by this guy that she needs to start looking for a new place to live because he feels he shouldn't be supporting her financially anymore now that she is 18. She just started her senior year of high school this year and would already be graduated by now if this guy and her mom hadn't decided to hold her back years ago. She is a U.S. resident from the state of Michigan. Are there any laws protecting a high school student still living at home in this sort of situation? I feel that this situation is especially wrong seeing as they held her back when she was unable to make that decision for herself.
Any information provided will be much appreciated, also I will provide any additional information as needed

 

[lwpat]

The boyfriend had no responsibility to support her, period. I suggest that she look for a part-time job and offer to pay a share of the rent, food and utilties.

 

[CdwJava]

I'm not going to go looking up MI state laws on the matter, but it is very likely that mom has a responsibility for her until she graduates high school even at 18. The fact that she was held back years earlier was likely for her own good and is entirely irrelevant to the issue. That's like blaming mom for her problems because mom gave birth to her!

- Carl