Question:

I’m ready to leave this house for good.?

Everything with my mom is competition, everything with my mom is a fight. I can’t do anything without her harassing me on what i’m doing. She wants to know my every move and doesn’t leave me space to breath. She lies to me all the time and when i call her out on something she did wrong, she won’t have any of it. Earlier today, we were arguing, it was something stupid i know, but 3 weeks earlier she was saying in two weeks she was going to get me a new phone if i did all of my chores and what not. I did everything she asked me and it’s been 3 weeks. She started yelling at me because i got pissed off at my phone for the touch screen completely not working. So she yelled because i said something about getting my new phone and after telling me that her husband needs a new phone too, and his is still functional. MINE ISN’T! I recently was getting severely stressed out about all this crap going on in my house and my grades started slipping, I wasn’t sleeping or eating or any thing. Couldn’t go one night with out crying. My dad (he knows how she is,that’s why they divorced) is always telling me i need too get away from her and move to his house, but i can’t go over there because i don’t get along with my step mom for anything. I have been slapped and threatened by my mom multiple times, while in arguments and everything she wants, if doesn’t go her way, she has to take away something from me or ground me. She never wants to talk about anything. Its her way or no way. I just wanna know if this moving out at 17 law is true, or if there are any alternatives for getting out of this crap. I have a place to stay and live, a environment, no drugs,alcohol, and what not. I’ve thought about taking this law seriously and just packing my stuff and leaving a note in the middle of night. I just don’t want my mom to call me as a run away and i go to juvie or jail. Even though they told me they couldn’t do anything about it, I am not 100% positive. I just can’t be around this anymore. (

Best answer:

Answer by latj
Some states do support what is called “Emancipation” at 16 or 17…HOWEVER…you have to have a full time job and be able to support yourself (go in front of Judge and prove it) and have an address of your own (and prove it) and provide health care and have no support from either of your parents. If you run away you already know that she can call the police who can have you locked up in juvenile if that is what she chooses.
Peace, Love & Happiness

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