Moving Out at 17 (TX)

[Msneal123]

Okay, Ive been trying to overcome this by doing my research and keep getting mixed answers. I need to know really whats going to happen.

Okay I'm a 17 year old female, I Have a 2 year old I live with my mom at the moment and even though I Have my son she stays on me shes a control "freak" as people would say, She tells me hurry up and get something done before you turn 18, Thus more telling me I need to hurry up and start trying to get somewhere before I move out. So I tried and she stopped me from it, its like I take 2 steps forward she pulls me 5 steps back I don't understand it. She tells me that she don't want me to go at all, but I have to get something done I have a child to raise. With that being said as well I have joint custody with her because of issues with my baby's father and his abuse so shes primary on it and has the ability to make decisions for him. I have a car and a job and can support myself as well as Funding from my father whom is deceased. I want to know what the law/police can do about me leaving without her permission but she will be let known where i'm going which is my Fiancées Mothers house until I get out of school. I don't want her to get into any trouble and I need to know if she can keep my child from me?

Thank you for any Feedback!

 

[Proserpina]

Okay, Ive been trying to overcome this by doing my research and keep getting mixed answers. I need to know really whats going to happen.

Okay I'm a 17 year old female, I Have a 2 year old I live with my mom at the moment and even though I Have my son she stays on me shes a control "freak" as people would say, She tells me hurry up and get something done before you turn 18, Thus more telling me I need to hurry up and start trying to get somewhere before I move out. So I tried and she stopped me from it, its like I take 2 steps forward she pulls me 5 steps back I don't understand it. She tells me that she don't want me to go at all, but I have to get something done I have a child to raise. With that being said as well I have joint custody with her because of issues with my baby's father and his abuse so shes primary on it and has the ability to make decisions for him. I have a car and a job and can support myself as well as Funding from my father whom is deceased. I want to know what the law/police can do about me leaving without her permission but she will be let known where i'm going which is my Fiancées Mothers house until I get out of school. I don't want her to get into any trouble and I need to know if she can keep my child from me?

Thank you for any Feedback!

So...what EXACTLY - word for word, minus names - does your custody order say?

 

[Msneal123]

Papers Say..

Thats like 5 pages worth of details so ill summarize it,

Shes primary on the joint conservator ship of my 2 year old, She is the one that is supposed to make important decisions towards say school, housing and doctors and stuff like that. But its joint I understand he cant go with me and honestly at my fiancées mothers house I'm not ready for him to move in yet Not cause its a bad place or anything but because its not of my own house yet and I have to get my school out of the way and get into Community College and have a job for my Trust to help me with my own house. I would take him though but I know her and id have to fight for that and to get full custody, I just want to know she cant keep him fully from me cause shes not going to be happy with my moving out, and Thats where that comes in I want to know If It wont cause problems outside of me and my mother, and I dont want his mom to get introuble by letting me move in.

 

[Proserpina]

Thats like 5 pages worth of details so ill summarize it,

Shes primary on the joint conservator ship of my 2 year old, She is the one that is supposed to make important decisions towards say school, housing and doctors and stuff like that. But its joint I understand he cant go with me and honestly at my fiancées mothers house I'm not ready for him to move in yet Not cause its a bad place or anything but because its not of my own house yet and I have to get my school out of the way and get into Community College and have a job for my Trust to help me with my own house. I would take him though but I know her and id have to fight for that and to get full custody, I just want to know she cant keep him fully from me cause shes not going to be happy with my moving out, and Thats where that comes in I want to know If It wont cause problems outside of me and my mother, and I dont want his mom to get introuble by letting me move in.

At 17 in Texas, it's unlikely the police would force you to move back with your Mom.

However, you might want to say bye bye to custody of your son; the State apparently feels that you are not fit to be primary conservator and by the time you're stable (which by your own admission is not right now), you may find that you'll have to prove your Mom unfit before you can actually get custody of your own child.

 

[Msneal123]

I am..

Not I am able to provide and all i'm just saying I don't want him like my mom and move him into someone elses house like that when I can get my own I just have a few things too get out the way first and she trying to stop me from it all, I have a trust From my deceased father to back it all up as well, And she has the conservatorship of him because it was givin' to her by the courts that way because his father was after us and me for the baby and for me because I turned him in for abuse towards me with the baby right there and he was obsessive and I left him.

 

[cbg]

You can "just say" all you like. But that doesn't change the legal facts, which are that if you move out now you will very likely have to fight to get custody of your son back.

It's up to you to decide whether moving out, or your son, is more important to you.