Moving out at 17 with 19 y/o cross state (OH/PA)

[Ancyker]

What is the name of your state?She is 17, 18 in June, and a resident of Ohio, wanting to move to Pennsylvania with me. I am 19, 20 in June; she would post but she does not have internet access.

I Googled this and it seems that no cross state scenarios were on there, so I thought I'd post here.

She is my friend (we dated before, we aren't now). Her and her father do not get along, there are even incidents of police getting involved with fights they have had (only verbal, nothing psychical). She wants to move out, her parents want her to move out. I offered her to move in with me but I'm unsure of the legalities since she is 17 and in high school yet (11th grade). I also intend to make her finish school. She turns 18 in June, but she really wants out now because she is going crazy over this. She is resorting to some methods of getting away from the problems her father is causing that I'm not liking.

I read if her parents don't report her missing then she technically would not be a 'run away'. However, I do not trust her father to not call the police and get her back even though he's telling her to leave. I was wondering if there is any legal procedure I could do to make it nice and legal, I believe her parents would sign any papers if needed. The only one I found was getting married and we don't want to do that. Another option was her making enough money to support herself, but with her moving to another state that would make it very hard. Any advice on this matter?

 

[seniorjudge]

Any advice on this matter?

She could either wait until she is 18 or get a full time job or both. These things will help her become emancipated.

 

[Ancyker]

She can't get a full time job if shes in school; she also wants out now because of her dad. I'm worried about her, I think it's important she gets out ASAP.

 

[seniorjudge]

I do not know what she has to put up with. Anyway, taking a minor girl out of her home and carrying her across state lines would seem to me to be a venture fraught with risk. Do you want to chance going to jail?

 

[Ancyker]

That's why I was wondering if there was another way then just up and moving. Her dad wants her out, so there would be no legal fight to keep her if we tried something legal; it's just I'm not clear on any laws. As for how her father is, he's not a very nice person; they fight a lot (more then average), police have been involved in their fights too, so there's a record of them. I think a legal maneuver is in order, I just don't know which one fits best. I'm worried iabout her in many ways, there must be something I can do.

 

[seniorjudge]

...I think a legal maneuver is in order, I just don't know which one fits best. I'm worried iabout her in many ways, there must be something I can do.

Your first legal maneuver should be to reach for your wallet and give a lawyer in your friend's neighborhood some $ so he can represent her.

 

[stealth2]

She could always call CPS.

 

[seniorjudge]

She could always call CPS.

Have you ever been in the clutches of a social worker? If you have, you would've never recommended this.

 

[stealth2]

Certainly better than being charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and bringing her across state lines.

Long and short? If it's that bad, it's worth calling CPS. If it's not worth calling CPS? Then it's more likely to be a situation of typical teen angst.

 

[seniorjudge]

...teen angst...

Had a dose of that myself once. Neosporin cleared it right up.

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