Moving out?

[iwanttomoveout]

California

I am 17, and will be 18 in a little bit over a month. What are the laws regarding me moving out of my parents house?

 

[Proserpina]

As soon as you're 18, you can get your things and move out.

 

[iwanttomoveout]

Is it not legal to move out until the DAY I turn 18?

 

[CdwJava]

Is it not legal to move out until the DAY I turn 18?

You are a minor child until you are 18 or legally emancipated. If you leave home against your parents' will, the police can forcibly return you home. When you are 18 you are free to leave, get a job, and make rent and other payments all on your own. Until then, you have to stay.

 

[mistoffolees]

You are a minor child until you are 18 or legally emancipated. If you leave home against your parents' will, the police can forcibly return you home. When you are 18 you are free to leave, get a job, and make rent and other payments all on your own. Until then, you have to stay.

However, if it's OK with the parents and he has a place to go, no one's going to come arrest him if he moves out a few days earlier.

 

[cbg]

Here's the bottom line:

You can move out WITH your parents' permission any time they agree.

You can move out WITHOUT your parents' permission when you are actually 18 and not one minute before.

 

[CdwJava]

However, if it's OK with the parents and he has a place to go, no one's going to come arrest him if he moves out a few days earlier.

Of course, that would be WITH his parents' permission ... as I mentioned.

 

[CdwJava]

Another thing to consider when you throw up your hands, tell mom and dad to pound sand, and start out the door, understand that they may not permit you to take much more than the clothes on your back. You do not have a right to your bedroom furniture, the X-Box, the computer, or anything else they say, "No" to until or unless a judge says otherwise. So, understand that if you intend to move out as a way of asserting your grown-up-ness, you may be leaving their home with little more than you entered it with.

 

[Isis1]

I say, wait until the exact minute you turn 18. My sister and i did it. It was AWESOME!!

 

[CourtClerk]

Another thing to consider when you throw up your hands, tell mom and dad to pound sand, and start out the door, understand that they may not permit you to take much more than the clothes on your back. You do not have a right to your bedroom furniture, the X-Box, the computer, or anything else they say, "No" to until or unless a judge says otherwise. So, understand that if you intend to move out as a way of asserting your grown-up-ness, you may be leaving their home with little more than you entered it with.

and let's not forget....

when you find out that being a grown up in CA sucks, especially in a time where there is record unemployment, housing is expensive and paying for yourself is for the birds...

that door you closed, may not open itself back up. In other words, when you leave, make sure you don't intend on coming back, even if that means you have to end up sleeping on a park bench.