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01-31-2003, 10:41 PM
| | |  Is there a way out?
What is the name of your state? maryland
i'll try to be as brief as possible...i'm 16 years old and about to graduate in june. my boyfriend lives in kentucky, he moved their this past summer, and i had planned on going down there to live with him, getting a job and paying for my own college. i'm applying to a college to get my associates degree and then transfering to a 4-year university, but my parents are trying to act funny about it...like they're not gonna let me go. i dont only wanna move because of my boyfriend, but my dad goes thru some rages and beats me sometimes. it hasnt happened in awhile, but he's threatened me and i'm tired of living scared. my mom knows about it and has never done anything to protect me and prevent it from happening again. i dont feel comfortable here, i feel like i dont belong here. i'm ready to move out and become my own person, what can i do?? this is really important to me...i've never felt loved in my home. my parents act as if they're disgusted with me. i'm tired of trying to live up to everyone else's expectations...for once, i'd like to do something that makes myself happy...instead of something that makes everyone else happy...can anyone out there understand that? i need some legal advice on how to go about doing this...i'll do almost anything! please help! |
02-10-2003, 01:53 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: TX
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| | Sorry, I don't have any advice, but I'm in almost the exact same situation. The only difference is that I'm not about to be in college. I need some advice too  |
02-10-2003, 06:47 AM
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| | | I'll tell you the same thing I told Sabin in her post on another board (DV & abuse?)... You need to research emancipation laws in MD. You also need to research statutory rape laws.
Your parents can have the police pick you up and return you unless you are legally emancipated, and they can have charges filed against your boyfriend - especially since he is in another state.
As for the beatings - you need to report them when they occur (like - call the cops). You could also consider calling CPS. |
02-10-2003, 03:17 PM
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| | | I talked to my counselor about this, and she said she had to call CPS. Well,CPS never did anything about it,like they're notorious for doing. That's why I figured that was useless, and even if CPS DID do something...the only thing they would do is put me in foster care,which i definately don't want to do. In 2 years I could legally leave anyway. So why put me in foster care, instead of letting me live in another safe place which I choose,since i'm this close to being an adult? They make it so complicated... |
02-10-2003, 03:35 PM
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| | | because you are still a child, until you either turn 18 or a judge emancipates you. |
02-11-2003, 06:27 PM
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If only this were a reality right now... |
02-11-2003, 06:52 PM
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| | | Well, it's not.
What you don't seem to understand is that you are legally a child. And as such - until you can prove that you are capable of supporting yourself as an adult would - you are treated as a child. I've yet to see anything in your posts that indicate you should be treated as anything else. Sorry. |
02-12-2003, 06:59 PM
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| | Well,you also don't know anything about me  I don't think thats a fair judgement. | |
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