<prompt> Human: Throwaway because this is kind of embarrassing.Okay so I grew up poor. Parents are shitty people who did nothing with their lives and except for a period of about 6 years where they kind of got it together and bought a house Ive always lived in trailers. My parents split and my mother bought the shell of a old trailer and decided she was going to build it back up while we were renting another one to live in. She wants to do all the work herself with the help of a friend and they get almost all the walls up and all the floors down before she and the friend fall out and he leaves her to do the rest of it herself. She decides that enough has been done to make the place liveable and we can somehow work on the house while living in it... that doesnt happen. For the last two years Ive been in a trailer thats missing walls, has no hot water, no kitchen sink, a front door that leaks water every time it rains, no flooring above the plywood that was put down, and the walls that are finished are just drywall with spackle on them. My father broke his knee and couldnt return to his old job so he filed for disability and after almost 3 years it had finally gone through. Mother has already decided shes taking a couple thousand from me and my sister to pay someone to finish the house and I wouldnt really care if I werent leaving for school Im 5 months. Ive lived in this shit hole for 2 years and dealt with it and she just expects me to hand over this money that could go towards maintaining a vehicle or towards student loans for her to finish a house I dont get to live in. Im 18 so is there any way that the money could go straight to me or does it get handed to her? Can I fight it being given to her? Do I have to sign off on something? I know that if Im able to tell her Im not giving her the money Ill get kicked out and I guess Im prepared to deal with that but I just really dont believe I should be demanded to give her 2-3 thousand for something that I dont get to use. Shes the one that decided to get a crap job and buy a crap house. Thats on her. Not me  <response>: Wheres the money coming from?nbsp;If you currently have a joint bank account that has her name on it, what you need to do is go to a different bank and open a brand new account with just your name on it, then transfer the money to the new bank. Dont let her name be on any account that you care about. 