Living with Deathstroke and his gang of baddies isn't easy...that's to put it lightly. Dick had unluckily been thrown into jail and how was he bailed out? Slade and because of that-He basically has to do what Slade says as he doesn't want the BatMan...
Also! This doesn't follow much of the normal regular DC time like for the bat family. As in Ages will be completely thrown off and when the kids were adopted also thrown off.