Can I Run Away from my Dad's Home to Live With My Mom

[needinghelp101]

My question involves guardianship in the State of: north carolina and south carolina
in my home there is a lot of yelling arguing and so forth in my home and its to the point i dont want to be alive my mom lives in south carolina and i want to live with her i also think i am potentially pregnant. so can leave my dads and go to my moms. i am currently in north carolina.

[cbg]

The very minute you are 18, you can go and live anywhere you want to. As long as you are 17, you live where your custodial parent says you live. If that is Dad, so be it.

[needinghelp101]

could i move in with my mother?
there was never any court and so i dont honostly think either has custody. so could i choose?

[cbg]

You gain the right to choose where you live at age 18. Not 17. 18.

If Dad says you can go live with Mom, then you can go live with Mom. Otherwise, if there is no court order (and you are not a party to it so you don't necessarily know for certain if there is or is not) then it's up to Mom and Dad, not you.

One more time. YOU DO NOT GET TO CHOOSE WHERE YOU LIVE UNTIL YOUR 18TH BIRTHDAY. That answer is not going to change no matter how many but what if's you throw at it.

[Disagreeable]

I can understand why having a loose and rebellious child would cause tension in the home. It means you need more restriction and oversight, not less.

[flyingron]

As pointed out you have no RIGHT to leave. Your best bet would be (perhaps with the assistance of your mother if she is indeed willing) to discuss (at points where the yelling is not going on) permission to change custody. Diplomatic negotiation is your real only option at this point. Any legal action will probably not only be costly but won't resolve anything you are 18 otherwise.