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There is a loophole in Texas that permits a child to runaway at 17 as long as they notify their parent(s) or local police. It does not necessarily preclude prosecution of an adult who harbors them though.
It can go both ways, regardless, it offers protection to family members that harbor the runaway who are second consanguinity. I've had friends who have "ran away" and still got returned to their parents anyways. It necessarily isn't a loophole because what happens if I runaway and I get returned to my parents even though they knew where I was and I had explained to the officer this "loophole?" It won't matter whether the police officer has the authority to return me home, or whether he/she wasn't suppose to, I ended back at where I didn't want to be to begin with. :P Heh, if the "loophole" was a for sure thing, I think all the 17 year old's in Texas that are on this forum that have also created a thread saying that they wanted to become emancipated because they wanted to leave their home, would have done so already.