Q: After possession of alcohol in school and a run away attempt, am I legally aloud to leave the house as a minor alone?
I was recently caught with alcohol at school, and I am now serving 2 weeks of detention and a drug awareness program. On the same day I was caught, I ran away for a few hours and my parents filed a missing persons case. After I was found, I was allowed to freely return home with my father. When these things happened, in no ways was I agitated, aggressive, or physically dangerous to authority/police. My parents are telling me that I’m under 6 month supervision, 1 month of grounding, having to delete my social media accounts, and retracting my phone data plan. They are saying that i’m not aloud, “by the law” to exit my home. They said the officers told them to monitor me 24/7. Never did the police nor my school staff mention to me that i had these penalties, with an exception of the 6 month one. Are the police directions legally binding, or was it just advice that my parents don’t have to necessarily listen to? Am I aloud to go outside alone freely with parent permission right now?
A:
You have to follow your parents rules.
You're lucky that the police are settling things with your parents and not taking this matter to juvenile court.
You don't want to have to deal with a juvenile court judge.
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