How does one get a friend out of a group home?

More information would be helpful in order to fully answer your question, but i will give it a shot based on what you have given. it sounds like your friends aunt has some sort of custodial control over her, likely stemming from a Court Order. What your friend may want to do is petition that same Court for an emancipation, basically allowing her to make her own life decisions. Assuming that the custodial arrangement was set up in Florida, unfortunately that is the State in which the new petition would also need to be filed. It may be worth your friend's time to at the very least call an experienced family law attorney in Florida and see what rights and options she has available.

For her aunt to have this power over her there must be a legal document involved - either a power of attorney or a guardianship. Otherwise, your friend has the power to self release absent a court order. If there is a power of attorney, then your friend can revoke it. If there is a guardianship, your friend can request a modification or termination of guardianship from the probate court of the county where she lives. If there is a court order, then you will need an attorney to draft the proper pleadings.

You do not give enough information about the background of the information The issue is how was she "forced" by her aunt...to do anything much less go into a group home.(is she incapacitated in some way?) The only legal way would be if your friend is under a legal guardianship with the aunt as guardian.however if she is under a legal guardianship .. it all depends upon the reasons for the guardianship...If so you must go to court to petition to do her wishes.

Go to Probate Court and prove that you are entitled to be appointed as her personal representative, and then you can petition the court to order her out of the group home. Usually people are in group homes because they have drug issues, mental issues, emotional issues, etc. If her aunt put her into the home, there was a reason, and in my humble opinion, if you are truly a friend, then stay out of it. You cannot let the inmates run the institution.