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    Question Runaway 17-Year-Old - Do I Get Her Back?

    My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: CA
    Pls bare with me..longwinded...my daughter ran off and is living with her boyfriend and his gma, she has exiled the whole family we think she may have had a psychotic break or is brainwashed(honestly).She wont come home saying"I'll call cps and claim abuse...I have never abused that child!!
    I restricted her from seeing him bec she was lieing and driving the fwys to buena park to see him when i asked her not to until she was ready for the fwys....then i took her car away...she stole my boyfriend's car to go see her bf and crashed it into someone else...she had MY spare key under her mattress....she flipped when I took her cell phone away and said she cant see him for now...and she took off ....
    I don't want to have the drama of cps knocking on my door, having to go to court etc even though I have NEVER abused her.... I am starting a new job on June 30th as a Mgr and it just wouldn't look good...I wish I had moved out of this state along time ago the kids are aweful.
    She is not even talking to my parents and they have done nothing but absolute good for her all her life!!...she has transferred her job to Buena Park and is supposed to start next week but I will not be signing a work permit bec I did not consent for her to even move to Buena Park! She is nowhere near the warm hearted person we knew even just a few mths ago. Her heart is EXTREMELY cold and forgive me but she acts like Ghetto white trash now. I really believe it is all wrapped around this boyfriend that is 17 also 18 in Sept....SHE will be 18 in January.
    She is filing for emancipation but I really don't think it will be approved she cannot afford to live on her own ...will they grant it if she lives with the gma of the bf? I tried to get her to come home 2days ago but the cop said he cannot force her to come with me and she treatened to call CPS if I make her come home...what will happen if she calls them even though I've never abused her? what will I be up against with that? and should I charge the gma with harboring a minor without my consent? what do you all think will happen down the road with this bf and her life if I let this go? My heart is telling me not to let it go that she needs help but I have some people telling me let it go that she will learn a hard lesson and be back someday. She has been with this b for 2.5 yrs...do I see it lasting? I don't know but that is what I am terrified of that I will never have my child back in my life...pls help!! Has anyone been though something like this.. I really don't know which direction to go with this

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    Default Re: Runaway 17yr Old. Do I Get Her Back?

    Emancipation is not granted to live with someone else, particularly not a boyfriend or a boyfriend's family. The court is usually smart enough to figure that little dodge out.

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    Default Re: Runaway 17-Year-Old - Do I Get Her Back?

    She can claim abuse, and it may stick. BUT if you can prove that you have never touched her, nothing will happen. If she has no scars, bruises, or anything like that, she probably won't win.

    I'm having the same (sorta) problem with my girlfriend. Her parents are horrible to her, and she wants to leave, but can't. She doesn't make the money to live by herself, and she's only 16. She did end up trying to run to Texas and the only reason they were allowed to drag her back was because she took her parent's car and had no liscense. So if your daughter took anything with her that was yours, you can have the cops bring her back. It'll cause some problems for her, and she won't be very happy with you. But she will be home.

    Honestly if it's that horrible then she will end up coming home. My advice is to lighten up... Alot of kids really hate being told what to do. I'm not saying no rules. But ease up on her. If it's not too late for that.

    And I believe that once she's 18 she can be emancipated just by declaring it. So once she is 18 she can do what she wants... Sorry.

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