What Happens if an Adult Boyfriend Helps a Minor Child Run Away from Home

LOL True or not, what an amusing way to start the weekend!

Little girl - be glad you are not my child. Be very, very glad.

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Quoting jumanji

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LOL True or not, what an amusing way to start the weekend!

Little girl - be glad you are not my child. Be very, very glad.

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If this OP was your child, he or she wouldn't be making such a fool of themselves online in the first place.

Posting from my dads phone here. He left it at home, my mother is still asleep.

I found out that my parents actually did know my boyfriends vans license plate. They were planning on getting a restraining order against him. After this incident, they did. I'm poisoned at them for trying to control who myself, a young adult, can have contact with. Is there any way I can get the restraining order lifted? I mean theres no way they could have a restraining order against him without my consent since I'm the person thats being protected in the first place. If I say my boyfriend is safe for me to be talking to then the judge will likely agree.

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Quoting whathappensafter

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Posting from my dads phone here. He left it at home, my mother is still asleep.

I found out that my parents actually did know my boyfriends vans license plate. They were planning on getting a restraining order against him. After this incident, they did. I'm poisoned at them for trying to control who myself, a young adult, can have contact with. Is there any way I can get the restraining order lifted? I mean theres no way they could have a restraining order against him without my consent since I'm the person thats being protected in the first place. If I say my boyfriend is safe for me to be talking to then the judge will likely agree.

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A 14 year old is not a young adult. A 14 year old is a minor CHILD who has no rights of their own. No, you cannot get the restraining order lifted. Your consent was never needed. The judge will NEVER agree to allow your boyfriend anywhere near you, until you are a legal adult.

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Quoting whathappensafter

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Posting from my dads phone here. He left it at home, my mother is still asleep.

I found out that my parents actually did know my boyfriends vans license plate. They were planning on getting a restraining order against him. After this incident, they did. I'm poisoned at them for trying to control who myself, a young adult, can have contact with. Is there any way I can get the restraining order lifted? I mean theres no way they could have a restraining order against him without my consent since I'm the person thats being protected in the first place. If I say my boyfriend is safe for me to be talking to then the judge will likely agree.

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First point, you are not an adult. An adult in Colorado is person age 18 or older. You are still a minor at age 14 and under the control of your parents. Second, because you are a minor, your parents act in your interests and thus do not need your consent to file for an order of protection against your boyfriend, and no judge will lift that order based on your request. Third point, you are not in a very good position to determine whether your boyfriend poses a risk of harm to you. Any adult male who would take a 14 year-old girl away from home to shack up with her in Canada is indeed a danger to that girl. That could have messed up your life in a number of ways that you have not even begun to consider. You don’t know nearly as much as you think you do, a common problem with teens, who tend to think they know everything. The courts are going to defer to your parents on this, not to you, since your parents are the ones who are presumed to know what is best for you.

And you think posting from your dad’s phone is a good idea? Good lord, you have a lot to learn.

If this is true, I'm surprised the boyfriend wasn't arrested.

Be glad you are not my child or the child of countless other parents. You wouldn't have access to a phone, internet or anything but food, water and a roof over your head for a long, long time.You are a child and your actions and thoughts are that of a child.

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Quoting whathappensafter

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My question involves juvenile law for the state of: Colorado

I'm 14 years old and I have a boyfriend who is 24 and my parents don't approve of us dating so we decided to run away together. My boyfriend has a van in which the back can be used as a makeshift bed so we decided to embark on a road trip to Canada. I waited until my parents went to work, packed up as much as I could into some suitcases then my boyfriend arrived in the van to pick me up. We put my stuff on board and then we headed North towards Canada. Within an hour we were in Wyoming and it was so exciting. We drove for a few more hours then arrived in Montana. I had texted my parents and told them I was at a friends house studying so I figured I had time to get out of the country before they found out what was happening. If i were to make it to Canada there is no legal action my parents take to get me back to Colorado, right?

Anyways I fell asleep eventually and then we stopped at a gas station restaurant to have dinner and fuel up. We were back on the road in about an hour. We continued driving and once it started to get dark out my parents told me to come home. I told them I was staying the night at my friends house and they told me no I had to come home. I was sure I was able to convince them to let me stay so my boyfriend pulled over and shut off the engine and I called my mom. She was silent for a moment then asked "why does it say you're calling from out of state?" i asked her what she was talking about and she said the area code was from another state. I hung up immediately and told my boyfriend we had to haul ass to Canada NOW.

He turned on the engine and drove as fast as he could and we got closer and closer to the border. Then a police car showed up and started chasing us with lights and sirens on. We kept going and when we reached the border it was all blocked off by police and state troopers. I thought we were done for and then my boyfriend veered to the right and crashed right through some bushes to get across the border. I started cheering because we were now safe in Canada. But then the state troopers and police started following us. We kept going but then there was a huge line of traffic with no way around it. My boyfriend slammed on the brakes and in the blink of an eye law enforcement was caught up with us. They pulled my boyfriend out of the van and handcuffed him. While that was happening i was also removed from the vehicle. My boyfriend was arrested and I was told he was in serious criminal trouble and would almost certainly end up in prison. I was put in a car and transported home, and they alerted my parents.

When I got home I was immediately sent to my room. My bedroom door had been taken off, my TV removed, all my makeup and jewelry gone and I had changes of weather appropriate clothing and all the rest of my clothes were gone. I'm posting this from a school computer right now. I'm grounded from all technology and I'm not even allowed to travel to and from school and home without one of my parents.

My questions are:
1. What legal action do me and my boyfriend take now? Law enforcement had no right to follow us across the border and arrest us there.
2. I don't think my parents are innocent here either. They put me in serious danger by reporting me as a runaway because they knew I wasn't just going to come home. I could have been killed in a car accident. Also removing my bedroom door is an invasion of privacy.

Also if you were my parent what would you do about this?

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This isn't real is it? Because if this really happened - your boyfriend is in a WORLD of trouble and you are likely never going to see him again. You nor your boyfriend can take any legal action against anyone. You are a minor - you cannot consent to anything.

Your parents did what any parent would do who gives a crap about their kid - reported the kid as a runaway and with an older man.

If I was your parent I'd make sure you didn't see the light of day for awhile. No phones, no electronics, no social media, no friends. School and home. That's it. You would for sure regret ever doing what you did. I also would make it my mission that your weird man boyfriend would never ever come near you for the next four years until you were an adult. In fact, I would have the school monitor your Internet use somehow.

LMAO! You think you get a right to privacy in your parents' home? They don't have to let you have a door at all. Privacy is a privilege you get to earn back.

Oh I checked post history - this is the troll that likes to make up ridiculous stories.

Is there any way I can get the restraining order lifted? No.

I mean theres no way they could have a restraining order against him without my consent since I'm the person thats being protected in the first place. Your consent is not required or relevant. Since you are a minor (I mean, when we pretend to believe you) you cannot legally consent anyway.

If I say my boyfriend is safe for me to be talking to then the judge will likely agree. You'll be lucky if the only thing the judge does is laugh in your face.

Oh I will definitely see him again. We are in love and we will make this work even if he's behind bars for years.

And since I'm on my dad's phone I delete the history of this page. And even if he did se I'm using it I doubt he would be mad because I'm looking for legal help for myself and my boyfriend.

And does anyone else think its stupid they took my makeup and jewelry? What does that stuff have to do with anything? Its not like I can use those things to break any rules.

I'm still not convinced US law enforcement had any right to follow us across the border into Canada. I mean we crossed the border. In the game Red Dead Redemption, you can cross the US/Mexican border while the police are chasing you but once you cross the border the police have to give up. I'm going to tell the judge this.

Punishment is taking away things you want and things you want to do among other things.

TV and movies are entertainment. Entertainment is not facts.