My question involves juvenile law in the State of: North Carolina
I'm 17 years old, and I don't turn 18 until February. I am graduating high school in December, because I will have finished all of my credits a semester early. In June, my mother told me I needed to leave her house. I packed up a few things and went and stayed with a co-worker. She texted me to tell me the locks were being changed at the house, so if I needed to get any of my things she or my stepdad would have to be there to let me in. She also told me she would be canceling my car insurance (as the policy was under her name) and that if I did not show her proof of insurance she would have my car towed. Long story short, I was out of her house for almost a month. I got my own insurance policy, and I split rent, groceries, and utilities with the coworker I was staying with. My mother then started threatening to report me as a runaway and have me dragged home. So, in lieu of involving the law, I returned home of my own accord. I have started the process of emancipation, and my court date is a month away. I have two jobs, and I have all of my pay stubs from the past month to prove I am financially stable. I have weekly drug tests done to prove I am drug and alcohol free. I statements from all of my managers saying that I come to work on time and that I am a hard worker. One of my managers is going to come to court as a witness to attest to the fact that my mother has come into my job on multiple occasions, gone to my general and district managers, and has told them about various discord going on in the family and in my personal life as a means to get me fired. She is very controlling, and I am ostracized and punished by her because I do not share in her beliefs. I am a prisoner in her home, unable to speak or have a differing opinion, and I am miserable. I can support myself, and make my own decisions. Can I win this case?

