Q: Can parents of a 21-22 year old male stop them from moving in with the parent of their 17 year old girlfriend?
I'm wanting to move in with my girlfriend's (who is 17 turning 18 in five months) mother, but my parents are saying that I have to have my parents permission to move out. I'm 21, will be 22 in a few weeks, and I don't have any mental, physical, or health disabilities. Me and my girlfriend have known each other for 5-7 years now but have only been dating recently in the past few months. We've not done anything sexual, and have agreed not to until, at the very least, her 18th birthday. Her parent (her mother whom she doesn't live with but visits often), and her legal guardian(her grandmother who she lives with) both know our ages, and both have consent to me moving in with her mother whom she doesn't live with. Is there any way my parents could legally prevent me from moving in with her mother? Note, that she lives in Ohio and I live in Georgia.
A:
You are an adult at 18 years old and do not need consent/permission beyond that.
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