I'm 17 and me and my mom haven't gotten along since 8th grade... all we seem to do is argue. Now I'm about to start my senior year, and she's threatened to kick me out twice once she even had me pack my clothes and wait outside, then changed her mind and told me to come back in.
Me and my best friend (who will be 17 in October) want to move out and get our own place together. We both have jobs and we can support ourselves financially. But since I'll be turning 18 in April, I don't really want to get emancipated because in Georgia it is rumored to take up to a year, and I want to leave by November/ December. We are still in school, we are just wondering if we can actually do this without getting arrested and forced to come back home.
I read that GA Law states that if you're 17 and you leave your parent's house they can't force you to come back. But another dilemma I have is that I get child support from my dad ($375 bi-weekly) but I haven't seen much of it. My mom claims that she's used it for bills, but we've been living comfortably before we started recieving child support. I asked her once if I could get it directly to my bank account, because I would feel better knowing exactly how the money is used (preferably I would like to save it for college) and she blew up at me. I don't really want any drama about me leaving, becuase she constantly tells me that if I have somewhere to go then I can leave, but I want to know if me and my best friend could move out and if I could get the child support to come to my account. We are still trying to work the kinks out, but between the both of us we have more than enough for rent.
I just want to get out because I am tired of having to deal with her tirades, I have known since I was 13 that this day would come, actually I'm suprised I made it this far with my mom.
ANy info you have, please let me know!
P.S. My best friend and I are planning on staying in school and going to college; we were going to get our own place together anyway, we just want to do it sooner! And we are trying to get a 3rd roommate who is 18 so we can sign a lease.