Going to Texas, What Are My Options

My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Florida or Texas


I currently live in Florida, and I plan on going to Texas this summer after my 17th birthday. I heard that you are considered a legal adult at age 17 in Texas (which seems to be false according to my research). I do not want to return to FL once I go to Texas, but I wont have my parents consent to stay there. I will have a place to stay and I will be doing virtual school so I will still be getting an education. I plan to get a job and change my address and all that jazz. Is there a way that this plan could potentially backfire and get me in trouble? I want to live away from home but I'm not sure how to go about doing so. I know I would never get consent to be emancipated, and there is no way to force emancipation, so that's pretty much out of the question. Is there a way around all of this legal drama?

According to the research that I've done, my parents can't force my to come home (by force of law enforcement, anyway) because I won't be a 'missing person' if they know where I am (which they will) and I am 17 years old.

PLEASE TELL ME IF THERE IS ANYTHING I CAN DO.
There has got to be a way around this.


----------------------THE BREAKDOWN.
If I am 17, (unable to live on my own in my current state of residence,) can I move to Texas without my parents consent and live on my own since it is legal there?

As long as you are a resident of Florida, you cannot leave home until the earlier of your 18th birthday or the day your parents give you permission. Simply going to Texas does not make you a Texas resident; it makes you a Florida resident who ran away across state lines.

Whether law enforcement will force you to return home is not something I can answer. If you WERE a Texas resident, they might not; since you would be a runaway under your own state's laws, they might. But even if they won't, there is nothing whatsoever stopping your parents from coming after you and dragging your little underaged behind back where it belongs.

The way to "escape all this legal drama" is to wait until your 18th birthday. All your grandiose plans to change your address, etc., will go by the wayside when you have to show ID to get a job, or enroll in school, or if you are picked up by law enforcement for any reason whatsoever (including traffic tickets, etc.) It's next to impossible for a minor to hide out in this computerized age.