<prompt> Human: Hi I posted on legal advice but was told to post here as well. I live in Massachusetts in the US. My parents have a huge issue with money. Currently we are 1k behind on the electricity bill and my dad just bought a 4k van to flip it for 5, if not hes going to keep it when he and my mom already have cars. Im barely legal age and have been working since 16 and give my parents 400 a month. My mom last month spent 1k to get a nose job. My parents always pay minimum on the credit cards. Theyve since I was little raised me with a huge anxiety regarding money issues, always buying me what I want and telling me were fine while at the same time mentioning owing so much money. I asked my parents if I could buy a used car and pay it off myself and they went ahead and found me one and I assumed they were going to sign and I was going to pay them back. My mom recently tried to tell me I signed it when I never looked at any single piece of paper regarding the purchase of that car. I found out my Dad forged my signature because I wasnt able to be there to sign for it. This stresses me out so much, its been a year since then and we already sold the car but how many other shady things could they be doing? I remember when I was younger there was a credit card in my name as well. How do I know they havent been ruining my credit score? I dont know how much debt they actually have since they refuse to tell me and just tell me not to worry about it and theyre fine. I dont know if theyre even in debt, but I worry about things under my name.What steps can I take to ensure that Im protecting myself against these things? Im lost.Assistant: First of all remember this. Your parents self created financial issues are NOT your financial issues. Second, fraud and identity theft are very illegal. Your dad committed fraud andor identity theft against you when he signed your name on the vehicle. If you wanted to get your name off the vehicle youd have to report him to police and stuff.You need to separate yourself from them entirely when it comes to finances. You need to make it very clear to them that stuff like forging your name to sign a loan is NOT acceptable and you will report them to the police in the future if they commit identity theft against you.You should probably freeze your credit immediately. If you dont have separate bank accounts that are in your name only, you should open new accounts and transfer all your money into those accounts.Human: hi just found out again i have one card under myname with balance of 5k and another of 800 on another card they are paying the minimums i see it on the report last payment was on may im fucking livid i kind of want to cry and shut down i make 15k a year at what im doing and mos to of it goes to them  <response>: You should probably see a lawyer about this. This is an extreme situation. 