Q: I’m 18 and still in high school can my parents call me a run away if I want to move out and send me to jail ?
I’m trying to move in with a friend, i simply told them I was going to move in with them, me and my parents got into a big fight and my dad said “if you leave this house I’m calling the police and turning you in as a run away “ every time I tried to leave they would push me back and say the same thing over and over again. Everytime I asked them to show me the law “if you are 18 and still in high school you can be considered a runaway” they couldn’t show it to me.
A: You have to be under 18 to be a runaway. You are legally capable of moving wherever you like unless your parents have conservatorship or guardianship over you. Your parents, however, can refuse to support you. When you leave, you cannot take anything with you that might reasonably belong to your parents--or they could charge you with theft. I hope that you and your parents can work things out.
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