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    Default Can a Minor Run Away from Home to Live With an Adult Boyfriend

    In the state of Texas can a 17 year old leave home and move in with a 30 year old man legally

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    Default Re: 17 Year Old Move in with 30 Year Old Man

    Quote Quoting Maria1004
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    In the state of Texas can a 17 year old leave home and move in with a 30 year old man legally
    If you leave, the police won't force you to return home. BUT ... your parents can absolutely come and get you and take your behind back home with them.

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    Default Re: 17 Year Old Move in with 30 Year Old Man

    Actually, the police may choose not to return a 17 year old home in Texas but there is nothing preventing them from doing so. It will depend on the policies of the particular department.

    And it is quite true that the 17 year old's parents can come get her, ground her little ass, and put all kinds of legal restrictions on her that she won't like at all.

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    Default Re: 17 Year Old Move in with 30 Year Old Man

    In addition they can slap a restraining order against the 30 year old man, and maybe even worse charges.

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    Default 17 Year Old Boyfreind 28

    I am 17 years old and my boyfreind is 28 we live in Texas my boyfreind does not feel comftorble in our situation do to the laws and we really want to be with eachother and live together I know the legal age Is 18 to move out and live with whomever but I have heard that at 17 something's can be done in order for me to be with him legally

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    Default Re: 17 Year Old Boyfreind 28

    Yeah, you can wait until you're 18. If it's love, it can wait 365 days.

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    Default Re: 17 Year Old Boyfreind 28

    Until you turn 18 and not a single minute earlier, you live where your parents say you live. If you move out and they don't want you to, they can come and get you and bring you back home. They can take the door off your bedroom, take away all your electronics except where needed for school, and require any school use to be done under their supervision. They can take away everything you own except two changes of weather-appropriate clothing, and take all the furniture out of your room except for a mattress on the floor. AND in some circumstances they may be able to slap a restraining order on Mr. Wonderful and if he contacts you after that by any method up to and including smoke signal toss his ass in jail.

    Legally? Your parents OWN you, even in Texas, until you turn 18.

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    Default Re: 17 Year Old Boyfreind 28

    You need to stay at home until you know the difference between 28 and 30.

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    Default Re: 17 Year Old Boyfreind 28

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    You need to stay at home until you know the difference between 28 and 30.
    Good catch. Completely missed that.

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    Default Re: 17 Year Old Boyfreind 28

    Quote Quoting Mercy&Grace
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    You need to stay at home until you know the difference between 28 and 30.
    *snort* laptop, meet coffee. Coffee, laptop.


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