<prompt> Human: This is my first time posting to this subreddit, so please tell me if this fits here or notMy father had died in August of 2016 leaving me, my 9 year old brother, my 6 year old sister and my barely english speaking mother behind.He had taken care of all our finances, and kept everything a secret, never teaching my mother how to do taxes, bill payments, etc.So when he had suddenly passed, we were left with a loan that he had just taken15,000? he put it under my mothers name in it as well, a 700 mortgage, and our only income coming from social security and what little we have left from out credit cards.Heres where it gets worrisome. She wants to drop everything, take nothing but the little what we can fit in our baggage, and move to Moscow, her home country. I had asked her do you have enough for the tickets? Yes. Do you have enough for transportation? Maybe.. Do you have enough for a hotelmotel? No. Well get an apartment instead.???Im worried out of my mind, we have no family here, and most of my friends are across the country since we had just moved from WA to here in FL...Should I follow her, and risk being on the streets in a foreign country? Should I tell her to wait until we have money?but shes saying she signed for foreclosure? If I do decided to go, will me and my siblings be safe? Id hate to do it, but I do have a boyfriend whos 19 and already has stable income... I could ask him if we could stay with him.. or at least I could go there alone and maybe get a job though he lives in South Korea. Oh god I already sound so hopeless..TL;DR My mom is leaving our life behind, and moving to Russia with no money. Is there any hope for us?Edit: holy moly... in just 16 hours I know more about what to than the last 8 months. Thank you so much rpersonalfinance, all your suggestions and advice is helping me see the light in this dark dark tunnel :Edit 2: I convinced my mother to go though with probation, though she says its too late for the house and lawyer fees will be too much to even bother with atm, so well wait till we stabilize before touching onto it. Ill emancipate, or get my guardianship transferred as last resort. Im not sure how I can present that I can take care of myself during the emancipation, but I hope the transfer of my guardianship will work out and I wont have to.I called to the bank and said we cannot sell the house, or even drive his car which is under his name.. uh oh. The car is a whole other bundle of worry. :But, I have contacted the Russian Orthodox Church and theyve been talking my mom through this. If anything, if we do end up going, she can maybe make some friends and we wont be completely alone there. I signed up for other benefits to help us with food and stuff like that, and I contacted my schools counselor Im homeschooled, but its online school called FLVS and they will help me with a plan to help my secure my education.My to-do list is no where near done, but with your guys help I think I can do this!Thank you And heres a picture of my parents before my father had passed, Im sure he would be so happy to see Im slowly getting us back on our feet : Assistant: Please, speak with your school guidance counselor. If they are half decent, they will be able to help. Even if you do speak Russian and have citizenship, which you dont say, I would take pretty extreme measures to avoid moving there at this point. But... it wont be easy to set up a decent alternative here. Youll have to really be ready to advocate for yourself, including asking for help even if it feels awkward. Maybe one of your friends from WA would help you get there. Maybe your mom would willingly sign over guardianship of you if you could show her you had an adult willing to take it. Maybe you could emancipate yourself and benefit directly from social services look for local legal aid services to ask about this. Worse comes worse, youre too big to force on to a plane. One thing I would do ASAP is to get a hold of your passport and social security card and birth certificate, get them out of the house, and store them some place safe. Dont let her hold them ransom. If you are truly worried about her ability to care for your younger siblings, please reach out to their schools and school counselors as well. Think about securing their identity documents. If there is ANY Russian expat community in your area, reach out to them. Find someone who speaks Russian who can speak with your mom about her situation, which must feel really desperate to her, connect her to local support services, maybe even advocate for staying here. If there is none, reach out to the closest one you can find, or any connections of hers you have access to.Good luck!Human: Oh thank you so much, this has almost everything I need to know.And no, I dont speak Russian and neither do my siblings, and we especially dont have citizenship there Im not even sure how we can receive it, which is especially worrisome since I have my SAT coming and I definitely cant graduate without taking it. If worse comes to worse, youre right she cant force me, but Ill try to convince her to hand over guardianship or just to emancipate. I can still graduate hs even if Im emancipated right?I have no idea where she would keep these things, but Ill try my best to look for all the important documents ; she might get quite mad, but at this point thats not the biggest problemBut thanks again, this helped a lot :  <response>: Whatever you do, dont go to Russia. Being poor in America is infinitely better than being poor in Russia. 