i need a reliable source.. please?

[sinevesterdeus]

The problem is you are not allowed to sign any legal documents, such as a lease or even get a job without your parents permission. They can say you took something, and then you are arrested.

Sorry senior posters, there is a similar loophole in the Missouri law also.

ok . but when im 17, if i write them a note telling them what im doing and leave home in the middle of the night without taking anything with me except the clothes was wearing, can they have me arrested in georgia?
and i wont be living on the streets btw...

 

[>Charlotte<]

and i wont be living on the streets btw...

Will you be living with someone who may be legally liable for harboring you?

 

[cbg]

Whether you personally can or cannot be arrested, the people you are staying with can be, and charged with harboring a runaway. And your parents can personally arrive on their doorstep, load you into the car, and drag your ass back home.

As I said, if a parent really wants their 17 year old home, they can make it happen.

 

[dragonflyjmr]

College at 17

i'm actually curious as well. would a college counselor actually enroll a child in without their consent. i'm all for following parents rule, but when third parties are involved, and they refuse to participate.....

btw, op. you don't have to "know" what you want to do to be enrolled. you can be enrolled as undeclared. take fun courses. try a language. a phography class. drama. i have a brother that is doing a director course in college. made his own short film and posted it on youtube. really dark stuff. get involved with the school activities. find something that requires an internship, start networking. i also saw some transfer to france and costa rica during the summer programs, look into that.

My daughter graduated HS at 16 and went to college the following fall by choice. When she registered for school she had to fill out and sign an enrollment form. No signature, no enrollment, no matter what we as parents wanted her to do.

I would suggest going on to school because you have been given a gift of intelligence that helped you move ahead in school. Don't throw that away.

If you do choose not to continue in school right away in most states a child 17 or over can file for emancipation. (I know this because we looked into this option for our daughter) This means your parents are not legally responsible for you and you are legally responsible for yourself. If you choose to check into this
1. Get an attorney
2. You may no longer be covered under your parents health insurance
3. Your parents income may still be considered when applying for financial aid until you are living as an emancipated minor for 6 months to a year depending on the financial institution and loans/grants applied for.

On a personal note: I hope you try to reach a compromise with your family. Maybe go to school part time, go to a community college for general ed this next year or even take an intern position in a field you may be interested in.

Good Luck

 

[sinevesterdeus]

Will you be living with someone who may be legally liable for harboring you?

i dont know exactly what legally liable means. if it means that by me moving in with someone and the police find out that the person who i would be staying with would be charged, then i am not going to leave. i dont want to get in to trouble with the law or get anyone else in trouble. i just want to know if i can leave without any sort of police involvement.

 

[sinevesterdeus]

My daughter graduated HS at 16 and went to college the following fall by choice. When she registered for school she had to fill out and sign an enrollment form. No signature, no enrollment, no matter what we as parents wanted her to do.

I would suggest going on to school because you have been given a gift of intelligence that helped you move ahead in school. Don't throw that away.

If you do choose not to continue in school right away in most states a child 17 or over can file for emancipation. (I know this because we looked into this option for our daughter) This means your parents are not legally responsible for you and you are legally responsible for yourself. If you choose to check into this
1. Get an attorney
2. You may no longer be covered under your parents health insurance
3. Your parents income may still be considered when applying for financial aid until you are living as an emancipated minor for 6 months to a year depending on the financial institution and loans/grants applied for.

On a personal note: I hope you try to reach a compromise with your family. Maybe go to school part time, go to a community college for general ed this next year or even take an intern position in a field you may be interested in.

Good Luck

first i would like to say thank you for your advice. i really do plan on 'doing some with my life'- as people say. i feel like i need to take a year off and figure out what i want to do. many people enroll in college and have no idea what they want their career to be and they figure it out from the classes they take and i understand that. however i do not want to do that. i like to know what i want and find a way to do it. my plan is, for this upcoming year, to find out what makes me happy and satisfied with life. then i will go to college or join the military or work a minimum wage job or whatever i decide makes me happy, i will do.
about the emancipation- i would not file for emancipation. i definitely know that the state would not grant it or whatever they do. i have great parents. i know i do. they are the 'ideal' parents that you would see on abc family. i swear. they never fight. they keep their promises. they are homeowners. they have been married for 18 years. you know like perfect middle class family. so i cant really complain. i dont want to leave because i cant stand them or i want to make a statement or anything ridiculous like that. i love them and i know they love me. i just have to get the **** away from everyone and everything for awhile.

 

[cbg]

If you leave the house without permission, yes, the people you stay with can be arrested and charged with harboring a runaway.

I'm glad to hear that you are not looking at emancipation, because the laws in your state have been tightened up in the last couple of years and I can promise you that you would not qualify.

I have told you over and over, the earliest age you can leave with no possibility of problems is 18. If you leave at 17, you may or may not run into problems but you CAN. That answer is not going to change. Now you can believe me or you can not believe me, but that is the legal answer no matter how many times you ask the question.

 

[jbdhayes]

SERIOUSLY KID do some research on colleges! Most universities and colleges require you to take at least 40 hours of electives to complete a Bachelors degree and only about 30 for your actual degree. Which means you can BS for the first year of your college career without it harming your core major when you decide on one. In addition, electives let you try out different fields!

Another thing is you will be living in a dorm (most colleges require freshmen to live on campus), you will no longer be living with your parents and isn't that exactly what you want to no longer be living with your parents. And aren't colleges one of the best places to "find" yourself and figure out what you want to do with your life?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[sinevesterdeus]

incorrect

SERIOUSLY KID do some research on colleges! Most universities and colleges require you to take at least 40 hours of electives to complete a Bachelors degree and only about 30 for your actual degree. Which means you can BS for the first year of your college career without it harming your core major when you decide on one. In addition, electives let you try out different fields!

Another thing is you will be living in a dorm (most colleges require freshmen to live on campus), you will no longer be living with your parents and isn't that exactly what you want to no longer be living with your parents. And aren't colleges one of the best places to "find" yourself and figure out what you want to do with your life?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

no no no no no **** that. i dont care if i sound immature or stupid or whatever. but yeah... 'experimenting' with whores and douchebag frat boys is definitely not 'finding' myself. and im not trying to 'find' myself anyway. i know who i am. i want to figure out what i want in life. i know i can live in a dorm. ive been in school for 12 years. i want a year off.

 

[sinevesterdeus]

SERIOUSLY KID do some research on colleges! Most universities and colleges require you to take at least 40 hours of electives to complete a Bachelors degree and only about 30 for your actual degree. Which means you can BS for the first year of your college career without it harming your core major when you decide on one. In addition, electives let you try out different fields!

Another thing is you will be living in a dorm (most colleges require freshmen to live on campus), you will no longer be living with your parents and isn't that exactly what you want to no longer be living with your parents. And aren't colleges one of the best places to "find" yourself and figure out what you want to do with your life?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

oh yeah and thanks for attempting to belittle me my calling me kid. ****er.

 

[eerelations]

I call everyone under the age of 20 a kid, and that's not belittling them, that's just stating a fact. When I was under 20, I was a kid - but unlike you, I was mature enough to know that I wasn't being belittled when someone much older than me called me "kid."

And no, no matter how many times you continue to post here, and anywhere else for that matter, the law won't change - you cannot legally leave home until you're 18. And anyone who puts you up without your parents' permission before you're 18 can be arrested and imprisoned.

Grow up and go to college (where you'll learn the meaning of lots of new words, including "liable" and where you will not be required to hang around with frat boys and whores, your idiotic misconception to the contrary). Millions of people would give their right arms (and their right eyeballs) to have the opportunities you've got.

 

[sinevesterdeus]

must you attack me?

I call everyone under the age of 20 a kid, and that's not belittling them, that's just stating a fact. When I was under 20, I was a kid - but unlike you, I was mature enough to know that I wasn't being belittled when someone much older than me called me "kid."

And no, no matter how many times you continue to post here, and anywhere else for that matter, the law won't change - you cannot legally leave home until you're 18. And anyone who puts you up without your parents' permission before you're 18 can be arrested and imprisoned.

Grow up and go to college (where you'll learn the meaning of lots of new words, including "liable" and where you will not be required to hang around with frat boys and whores, your idiotic misconception to the contrary). Millions of people would give their right arms (and their right eyeballs) to have the opportunities you've got.

i know that i am still a kid. it was the way they put it. never said i wasnt going to college. i just want to take a year off. ive already put that in my other posts. i know what liable means. i didnt know what legally liable meant. oh well, im just going to leave anyway. btw i feel ridiculous for replying to you.
thanks to all the ppl who responded. even if some of them were just ppl giving me their opinion of how immature i am and how their perception of life is so much better than mine. you are probably right anyway but ill eventually come to my own conclusions about things. bye.