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Q: Good day

Good day om 17 currently turning 18 in March 16 2025 I live in south africa.

Long story short my parents and I had a massive fight and they threw me out the house so I went to live with my bf he live next door he is 24.my parents then started to threatened me with police if I don't go backso I ignored them.after almost 2 weeks of living withmy bf the cops came and said I should go back home so I did it but my parents started to threatened they made a protection oder against him even tho he did nothing wrong but I think they are lying because as far as I know my bf didn't get any paperwork yet and it's been 2 weeks my problem is Iwant to move back to my bf as soon as I'm 18 can they stop me from moving back to him and If im 18 can they open a protection oder against him or are we safe because I left willingly to go live with my bf please help me

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