u/infinite11union33

Im fairly new to Mandeville/Covington. 35M... lived in many bigger cities like NOLA BR Lafayette. I like how peaceful it is here in Mandeville, but it also just seems so boring. Are there any cool spots I should know of? Dont really feel like going down to the south shore to do the whole club scene anymore.

I like the nature trails alot.

I also ride a 🏍 if theres any groups around that ride.

Asking legitimately. My son 13yrs old, is now at my fathers house. We got a call tonight that someone in the family needed to come get him as his mother went down a bad road essentially and has officially been deemed unfit to care for him.

My only role in his life, due to severe problems with his mother I could never civilly navigate, has been to pay child support and send money whenever else she asked basically. And thats about it sadly.

I work a very necessary career in the offshore oil industry, as does my father, and the rest of my family is in no way prepared to care for him.

I also, as stated, dont even have my own place. I literally JUST moved here to be real. My son is very low functioning autistic, he needs 24/7 care which is what I believed I paid child support for his mother to provide. Was basically the bargain we had going. I go off to work. She handles life. We part ways.

Well now it is preeeeety fkd up. And im just wondering if anyone knows what my actual options are. If I dont go to work in 4 days I will be financially RUINED and thusly he is negatively affected by that as well as I am. Does the state take over from here? Foster Care?

Sadly, I feel like if there was a foster parent for special needs children thats what he actually NEEDS. Im unashamed to say I am well in over my head on this.

Any advice or help would be appreciated just to understand better. I want to make the best decision for the both of us. I do not know what to do anymore.