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I'm 19, and for all of my, for my two years of college that I've gone to so far, my dad has controlled all of my savings money,

and he invests the big chunks of it and tries to make more money.

He's been emotionally abusive in the past, and he's decided in the last year that he

does not want a relationship with me whatsoever.

He wants to come me out, but he doesn't want to give me access to my own savings.

And so I'm wondering as an adult, that just doesn't feel right if he chooses not to have a

relationship with me, should he have control of my money?

And also, he won't, he's legally obligated from the divorce to provide me with a car for work, and he won't

give me a straight answer if he's going to give me a car to take the school, and then I can't

get a job, and I'm in baby step too, so.

Okay.

Your money in your savings, I assume he and your mom saved this money, or did you put the money into the account?

No.

Actually, it's my money.

Um, growing up, I was, I, I, the rule of my house was you have to put half of whatever you make into savings.

Um, he's like a big thing of years.

Um, so, um, I've been putting half of my money into savings and I've worked really, really hard.

Is your name on the account?

I don't know. He says that it's my money, but I've never actually seen the account.

You just gave the money to him when you're a kid? Um, it was in my, yeah, when I was a kid and then when I got a bank account, I'd put it in my savings and then he would take out money whenever it got over a certain amount and he'd put it in the investment.

Do you know what bank it's in?

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