Teen Rights In Arkansas

I am 17 and 2 months old,and my boyfriend is going to 18 in 2 and a half months.Just recently i had run away from home. While i was gone i was staying with my boyfriend and his family. My mother called the police after i was gone for a day and a half. the police came to my boyfriends house and made me go home. i was woundering if there was anything that i could do.

Can my parents force me to stay home?

When am I legal to move out?

Can my Boyfriend and his parents be arrested for harboring a run away?

What are my rights as a teen living in the state of Arkansas??

my mother(who im living with) doesnt even have custody of me my father does and he lives in Virgina, but i was told that i was to find and alternative living space because i suffered from physical, verbal, and sexual abuse. i really dont know who had custody of me i was living with my grandmother untill she kicked me out and then i moved in with my mother.?????

Can my parents force me to stay home? Yes

When am I legal to move out? When you are 18. And that means 18, not 17 and a few months

Can my Boyfriend and his parents be arrested for harboring a run away? Yes

What are my rights as a teen living in the state of Arkansas?? To live where your parents say you live and very little else.

so there is abosolutly nothing that i can do?
Can they keep my from seeing him?

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so there is abosolutly nothing that i can do?
Can they keep my from seeing him?

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Asked and answered.

No, there is absolutely nothing you can do except what your parents tell you to do. As a minor, you have NO rights to decide where you live or who you see. Until you are 18, your parents are God. If they say no, it's no. End of story.

Yes, they can keep you from seeing him. And the law is going to back them up completely. NO law is going to force your parents to allow you to see someone they do not want you to see.

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i was told that i was to find and alternative living space because i suffered from physical, verbal, and sexual abuse

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Who told you this?

I find it very curious that, if this were true, you did not think to mention it until AFTER you had been told that the answer was not the one you wanted to hear.

i was entered into a mental hospital and the social worker who had my case told me that i had to move ASAP.

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i was entered into a mental hospital and the social worker who had my case told me that i had to move ASAP.

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I doubt that as well. If a social worker knew there was abuse (especailly sexual) he/she would have had you removed already

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i was entered into a mental hospital and the social worker who had my case told me that i had to move ASAP.

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And it was left up to you to find an alternative place to live?

These facts don't make any sense.

That's utter nonsense. A social worker is a mandated reporter. The social worker would not have told YOU to move in violation of the law; she would have reported the abuse to CPS.

Furthermore, she would by law not let you leave the mental institution without a safe place with known guardianship in place. Its conditional for discharge.

You don't sound mature enough to be on your own. Your 17 and have to ask what the legal age is to be on your own. I know of no other 17 year old who does not know this. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but does show immaturity. I highly advise that you seek help from someone who is a professional and not your boyfriend. This way, both of you stay out of trouble.

the sexual and physical abuse carried on at my fathers house im now with my mother.

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the sexual and physical abuse carried on at my fathers house im now with my mother.

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Where it happened doesnt make your lie anymore believable. If that is the case then your safe because you are not in the abusive home

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the sexual and physical abuse carried on at my fathers house im now with my mother.

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We understand that. You are still a minor and under parental control. Your mother had a right to report you as a runaway and have you returned home.

You can't move out without parents' permission until you are a legal adult, which is 18 years old.