Bee fighting a nasty cold, as well as a battle for a friend

So, on top of a pretty disastrous trip to see my family, I ended up with a bad summer cold. My throat felt like it had been scraped raw and it hurt to swallow. That finally went away, but was replaced by a stuffy nose and a cough.

Then, a friend I've been talking with informed me that her mother is pushing her to sign adoption papers for her son. My friend, we'll call her Britney, has had a rough year. She got out of an abusive relationship, and it's been one bad thing after another for her. See, she gave her mother temporary guardianship a while back, but that was because she was not stable and with the abusive guy in Texas. After she left him, she stayed with various people, who kicked her out after a short time and she eventually ended up in another state with a friend. That friend helped her get a job, but then promptly informed Britney that she was not going to be helping her get to work. She lost the job.

At this point, this ended up without a place to live and went to a shelter. Eventually she swallowed her pride(but not before bad stuff happening, can't tell there's a pending court case) and it got even worse.

Her mother refused to let Britney move back in with her and Britney's son. Instead, found her a shelter. Then, she started pushing the adoption thing. I had told Britney repeatedly" sign nothing! if she tries to make you sign anything, leave! run!"

Apparently, her mom picked her up today and it was apparently to sign some papers. Britney doesn't know what they are. All she knows is her mom is trying to convince Britney that Brits mom has to adopt the boy so she can claim him as a dependent(such BS) and so she can leave him her money. Again, BS.

I had a fit. I told her to refuse to sign anything else! Some friends on a message board gave me some links to send her. I hope she looks at them and calls the numbers. She has no legal representation and she's being railroaded at a bad point in her life. I'm trying to help her but I don't know if it'll be enough.

Britney's had a rough time of it, and her mom is using that to get at her and get her son. They don't have an easy relationship.

What pisses e off, is I was telling my aunt about this and she was saying"There has to be more to this she's not telling you. Her mom wouldn't do this without a reason."

Really? My aunt's either extremely naive or something.