Q: If a 17 year old runs away from home to live with adult boyfriend & fam & parent won't report it should teacher report ?
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If you are a teacher, you have certain responsibilities. If you are unaware or unsure what to do, maybe talk to someone who is more familiar. The principle at the school has usually dealt with situations like this more than an inexperienced teacher, and might be a good resource, although the principle will have to advise you to do your duty, that it is your decision. There are forms to submit. You maybe opening pandora's box, but you may be obligated to, it depends... A wise attorney on this site or any site is not going to tell you how to proceed. If you want an attorney to tell you what to do, you would have to hire an attorney that is fully aware of the situation and then able to advise of how to proceed.
Also, there is usually more to a story than an outsider is aware. Presumably, that is what a social worker will find out when making the house call, or calls in this situation where the child is not at home. As you presumably already know, someone the age of majority should not be in certain types of relationships with someone the age of minority, which is what you seem to be suggesting here.
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