Emancipation in California

[kameron.661]

My question involves private investigators in the state of:california
okay my 14 year old girlfriend is about to turn 15 in june and i am 16 and me and my mom want to know if she can legally move out of her house and into ours cause her grandmas boyfriend is getting out and he killed a guy,hit his ex girlfriend 23 times with a hammer, and hit his daughter and i dont wont him around my girlfriend cause she has been through alot she went through alot of physical abuse and on january 10th her mom let her get drunk and she ended up walking outside and she ended up getting rape and i dont want her around any of them and she dont either i got a job i will take care of her i mean my mom and dad make $350,000 dollars a year so we want to take care of her what should i do to get her away from everyone and into my house

[cbg]

There is nothing, and I mean absolutely nothing, you can do to get your girlfriend legally into your house. Don't even bother with the what-if's and the But-maybe's, because the answer to each and every one of them is NO. You are wasting your time even considering it. It is never going to happen. There is no exception you can think of that is going to provide a different answer.

If your girlfriend is in real danger, the ONLY thing you can to is report the abuse to CPS or the equivalent. If she needs to be taken out of the house, they will do it. But she will NOT be placed with you and your family - don't imagine for a moment that she will.

[Neal1421]

First, punctuation is your friend. Next time you post, please take the time form coherent sentences so that what you are posted can be understood.

Second, no there is nothing you can do to get you 14 year old girlfriend to be able to move in with you. It's not going to happen. If you feel as though she is in danger she needs to call CPS. They will do a study, and if things are as bad as you say that they are, she will be placed in a foster home. It will not be with you and your parents though.

[kameron.661]

well what about if she is 15

[cbg]

Same answer. Same answer if she is 16, or 17.

I told you, there is NO legal way to move her into your house. None. Never. Zip. Nada. It is not going to happen.

The ONLY possible way she can move out of her house without the express permission of her parents into ANY other location, be it your house or someone else's, is if the state removes her. And if the state removes her, she will NOT be allowed to live with you.

There is no other way to say it. The answer is NO.

[kameron.661]

well what if her mom signs her over to me,if that is possible

[aardvarc]

That would take a court - and no court would do that.

[cbg]

No. Her mother cannot legally "sign her over" to you. Nor can her mother legally "sign her over" to your mother. Or anyone else. It takes a court to give legal guardianship to another, and no court is stupid enough to give guardianship of an underage minor to her boyfriend - or her boyfriend's family.

You seem to have a very hard time understanding the word, no.

I'm going to say this one more time: There is NOTHING that is going to get your girlfriend living in your house.

[LAz]

I know this thread is old, but there's also a key point that everyone is leaving out here that could spell some severe trouble for you two years from now.

In California, as soon as you turn 18, and you're still kissing her, you're now in commission of a sex crime. It doesn't matter if you've known each other for years, the law is as it is.

Yes, you may think that law is unfair, but any politician that tries to challenge such laws would be engaging in political death. On top of that people are so hysterical over child molesters that they pass broad laws that hurt normal healthy human relationships.

The good news is, if she's 16 when you're 18, then you probably won't be required to register for life as a sex offender and get you're face on megan's law website with those that molest 6 year olds or rape women at knife point, unless the laws change between now and then. But you'll still have a felony on your record that'll never go away.

Just be glad you're in California. There is one state that has made it illegal for anyone 15 and under to engage in anything remotely sexual (petting, for example)-- doing so would land both with mandatory sex offender registration, even both were the same age.

You can complain about the laws all you want, but if you're not trying to do anything to change them, then you're waisting your energy. There's nothing that says a 16 year old can't start a political rally, or lobby for more freedoms, except maybe your parents, but who listens to them?