Can You Get Legally Emancipated as an Adult

My question involves civil rights in the State of: Texas

I am a 46 year old adult. However, I have a family that refuses to acknowledge it. Since I graduated from high school I have had serious problems with my family not allowing me to make my own decisions.
No one has legal rights over me. I have checked this out and double checked it out.

I do suffer from mental illness and this is the root of my problem. I deal with bogus claims of being incompetent, suicidal and basically not knowing what I am doing. I live in a very unstable environment.
Through the years I have tried beyond reason to leave only to have such attempts thwarted. My father has made bogus claims of having guardianship of me to me being suicidal and in danger. Local
law enforcement has time and again forced me back into the situation.

I am working full time and succeeding. However, I am constantly on the receiving end of control tactics. Any decision I make is met with considerable problems. I am always accused of not knowing what
I am doing, being incompetent and such.

My father tells me garbage like I stink and no one wants me around, he don't know how anyone can stand to be around me and I am a screw up.

Lately, I am facing yet another issue involving a vehicle I am driving. My mom passed away and left it to me. My father has the title and refuses to give it
to me so I can get the car in my name and get it registered. I believe this is so I cannot leave. If I do, he can accuse me of stealing it.

Several weeks ago I came home with a pickup I had bought. I was forced to return it under pangs of being thrown out.
I tried to fight it and spent the whole day being threatened.

I am completely without any options in this. Other than being declared an adult and having it shoved down my family's throat.

Finally, the cherry on the cream pie happened during a conversation about getting the car registered. My father told me if I didn't
shut up, he would force me to quit the job.

If you are under someone else's care, you'll likely have to take the matter to court.

If you're not, there's absolutely nothing stopping you from moving out. You don't need a piece of paper.

I'm confused. If you're 46, no one has a conservatorship over you and you're working, what's stopping you from going to work one day and never going back?

Read my thread. As I said, I have tried to leave only to be returned against my will. If I do leave, all my father has to do is accuse me of stealing the car.
I cannot prove I have a right to be in it. As for moving out, My father would just LIE about having guardianship of me, claim I'm suicidal and according
to the cops, they would have a legal obligation to return me or take me into custody.

The cops don't give a crap about my legal rights, or I am an adult. All they care about is I am mentally ill. I have been down this road many times. In my area, the housing
is in crisis due to the oilfield boom. If I just left, I would be homeless giving the cops another excuse to return me. I don't have anywhere to go.

Let me lay the cards on the table.
I drive a car that isn't in my name and isn't registered.
In my area the housing is in crisis. I would have to get on a waiting list not that it would do much good.
My father has history of telling out right lies and no one has ever checked them out.

If you were me, would you leave? Would you even think about it?

Where is my right to leave in this matter if no one recognizes that I'm an adult? Where do I stand if the cops are blinded by me being "Mentally ill"?
The last time I had a run in with the cops, they almost took me into custody for refusing to return to the situation. I asserted myself as an adult
with legal rights and was laughed at. Literally. As many times as I have had run ins with the cops, What would they do if they had to deal with me
again? Decide they are fed up and throw me in jail because they can?

Again, Would you leave if you were me?

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"Several weeks ago I came home with a pickup I had bought. I was forced to return it under pangs of being thrown out.
I tried to fight it and spent the whole day being threatened.". I would have just climbed into the truck and left.

You were able to buy a truck. That means you have some money saved up. Go to work. Buy the truck or another vehicle, make sure you get your license plate, title, etc. And just never go home. Check CraigsList for rooms for rent. Or stay in a small apartment/motel while you look for a place.

The only things you take when you leave for work are: Your ID, Social Security Card; whatever money you have saved up. If your money is in the bank, you go close out that account and get a new one elsewhere.

Personally, I'd be looking at CraigsList, www.forrent.com and be trying to find a place far away from Daddy, especially if your job is one that can transfer to another location.

We're here to try to tell you what the law is. The law is that if you're an adult and not under guardianship, you can leave. We're not here to argue with you about why it is difficult for you to move out.

If your mental illness is so profound that the police are concerned about your safety, or you would find yourself homeless and unable to support yourself, you should consider reaching out to organizations in your state that assist mentally ill persons in their efforts to live independently. Your counselor may have some suggestions.

Don't know what part of Texas you are in, but here's some search results.

https://www.google.com/#q=texas+ment...pendent+living

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Quoting Taebofreak

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Read my thread. As I said, I have tried to leave only to be returned against my will. If I do leave, all my father has to do is accuse me of stealing the car.
I cannot prove I have a right to be in it. As for moving out, My father would just LIE about having guardianship of me, claim I'm suicidal and according
to the cops, they would have a legal obligation to return me or take me into custody.

The cops don't give a crap about my legal rights, or I am an adult. All they care about is I am mentally ill. I have been down this road many times. In my area, the housing
is in crisis due to the oilfield boom. If I just left, I would be homeless giving the cops another excuse to return me. I don't have anywhere to go.

Let me lay the cards on the table.
I drive a car that isn't in my name and isn't registered.
In my area the housing is in crisis. I would have to get on a waiting list not that it would do much good.
My father has history of telling out right lies and no one has ever checked them out.

If you were me, would you leave? Would you even think about it?

Where is my right to leave in this matter if no one recognizes that I'm an adult? Where do I stand if the cops are blinded by me being "Mentally ill"?
The last time I had a run in with the cops, they almost took me into custody for refusing to return to the situation. I asserted myself as an adult
with legal rights and was laughed at. Literally. As many times as I have had run ins with the cops, What would they do if they had to deal with me
again? Decide they are fed up and throw me in jail because they can?

Again, Would you leave if you were me?

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Law enforcement will usually NOT interfere unless there is actually proof that you're a "vulnerable adult" or similar.

You need your own car. You need your own place. Unless you actually want to enable the situation.

With that said, exactly how many times - and for what reason - have you had so many run-ins with the police?

(Yes, there's a reason for the question)

The problem seems to be you are not capable of paying for your own home and transportation. Go live in a homeless shelter. The police cannot force you to go home. At best, they can take you to a mental hospital for evaluation. The problem appears to be you want dad to play by your rules and he refuses to do so.

Thanks for the replies. I apologize for getting off base about my question. It just appears that there isn't a solution to my problem.
I am sure I read somewhere that my liberties cannot be violated without due process. I am also sure that I read somewhere that
eighteen is the legal age of adult.

I came here to see if there is some legal grounds for me to take legal action against my family for refusing to acknowledge me as an adult.
I guess the answer is "no"

I guess since I suffer from mental illness my legal rights pretty much fly out the window. I do not know what I will do about this situation.
I do know getting picked up won't help me fight for my rights as an adult.

Thanks and goodbye. I won't be back to post or reply.