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* This becomes a major issue in the ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' episode, "Joseph's House!" (and referenced in later episodes). Ever since Joseph's mom died on October 31, 2015, he's had to live in the dark due to no one paying the bills, he has no running water, his pet fish and dog are dead, he has to steal money from his mom to pay for food, he has to imagine what video game to play whenever he plays his UsefulNotes/XboxOne, [[spoiler:his dad is a zombie (and becomes a ghost not long after)]], and Screwball the Clown is his only roommate and living companion, but doesn't do anything to pay the bills. Adding to this bit, Screwball is a pedophile (Joseph is, apparently, one of the few he ''didn't'' molest), so that combines this trope with PoliceAreUseless.
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* This becomes a major issue in the ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' episode, "Joseph's House!" (and referenced in later episodes). Ever since Joseph's mom died on October 31, 2015, he's had to live in the dark due to no one paying the bills, he has no running water, his pet fish and dog are dead, he has to steal money from his mom to pay for food, he has to imagine what video game to play whenever he plays his UsefulNotes/XboxOne, Platform/XboxOne, [[spoiler:his dad is a zombie (and becomes a ghost not long after)]], and Screwball the Clown is his only roommate and living companion, but doesn't do anything to pay the bills. Adding to this bit, Screwball is a pedophile (Joseph is, apparently, one of the few he ''didn't'' molest), so that combines this trope with PoliceAreUseless.
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* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': After his father died, Denji was [[MadeASlave practically enslaved]], from early childhood to when he was sixteen, by {{yakuza}} demanding he pay off inherited debt. There's every implication this was illegal (they made money off Denji's under-the-table [[DemonSlaying Devil-hunting]] jobs and by selling his organs), but no sign of any authority willing to enforce it. When Denji [[ArtificialHybrid becomes part Devil]] and cuts his way out of ''that'' situation, [[InhumanableAlienRights he's lost all his human rights]], letting Makima [[JoinOrDie force him to serve Public Service under threat of death]] even though he's still a minor.
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* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': After his father died, Denji was [[MadeASlave practically enslaved]], from early childhood to when he was sixteen, by {{yakuza}} demanding he pay off inherited debt. There's every implication this was illegal (they made money off Denji's under-the-table [[DemonSlaying Devil-hunting]] jobs and by selling his organs), but no sign of any authority willing to enforce it. When Denji [[ArtificialHybrid becomes part Devil]] and cuts his way out of ''that'' situation, [[InhumanableAlienRights he's lost all his human rights]], letting Makima [[JoinOrDie force him to serve Public Service Safety under threat of death]] even though he's still a minor.
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* ''Literature/TheBoxcarChildren'' was written in the 1920s. Social services as we know it really didn't exist, with the exception of orphanages that focused on caring for the children they had, not tracking down runaways. The children ''are'' figured out and united with their grandfather in a matter of a few months, though.
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* ''Literature/TheBoxcarChildren'' In ''Literature/TheBoxcarChildren'', after they lose their parents the Alden children know their options are to be taken in by their grandfather (who they've heard is cruel) or to be fostered out and [[DontSplitUsUp probably split up]], so they run away into the woods and live out of a boxcar for several months before they're figured out and their grandfather (who turns out to be GoodAllAlong) adopts them. Justified in that the first book, where all this happens, was written in the 1920s. Social services as we know it really didn't exist, with the exception of orphanages that focused on caring for the children they had, not tracking down runaways. The children ''are'' figured out and united with their grandfather in a matter of a few months, though.
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* Sadly true in Creator/TamoraPierce's works, being set in Medieval analogues. In ''Literature/BekaCooper'', when three siblings lose both parents (one to jail, the other mysteriously disappearing), they're out on the street begging in less than a week, and only saved when their father is found. Even in the ''Literature/{{Circleverse}}'', which is in many ways more similar to modern day, Briar was forced to become a [[StreetUrchin Street Rat]] due to a similar situation.
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* Sadly true in Creator/TamoraPierce's works, being set in Medieval analogues. In ''Literature/BekaCooper'', when three siblings lose both parents (one to jail, the other mysteriously disappearing), they're out on the street begging in less than a week, and week. Beka, who'd arrested their mother herself, takes them in out of pity, though her friends don't think this is a tenable situation. They're only saved when she finds and rescues their father is found.father. Even in the ''Literature/{{Circleverse}}'', which is in many ways more similar to modern day, Briar was forced to become a [[StreetUrchin Street Rat]] due to a similar situation.
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* ''VideoGame/TheCoffinOfAndyAndLeyley'': Social services failed to notice Andy being forced to parent his little sister Ashley or how much their parents were neglecting Ashley despite Ashley blatant LackOfEmpathy and acting out in school according to [[AllInTheManual the developer's logs]]. They also failed to act when their childhood friend Nina turned up dead in suspicious circumstances. Given the CrapsackWorld the game takes place in it's possible social services really doesn't exist.
