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    Default Emancipation in Oklahoma; Not a Runaway

    My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Oklahoma.

    Hello, I am a seventeen year old girl living in Oklahoma. I have ten months until I turn eighteen currently. Recently I was kicked out of my house by my parents for choosing to be with a man who they deemed unsuitable. I returned about a week later to "talk" about the situation. I was asked to return home, under the conditions that I wouldn't see him anymore, or my outcome would be the same as before; me being asked to leave the house. Well, needless to say I saw him again a few weeks after, and I told my parents that I wasn't coming home, because I already knew what the outcome would be, and I didn't want to deal with being a disappointment to them. They agreed and we talked and come to the decision I would return my truck and cell phone at the end of that week. A couple days later I arrive at school and the cops are there to pick me up. I am now considered a "runaway," I was threatened, along with my boyfriend. I don't understand, isn't there something I can do since I was kicked out? I have proof that my parents kicked me out on my cell phone because I saved all the texts, but they took literally everything away when I was forced to go home. I am refused the right to do anything and everything. I understand that I' m a minor under my parents, but there has to be something I can do? I pay for everything I own. My insurance on my truck, my clothes, the food I eat, any reparations for my truck. I could take care of myself easily. I just need some help, and fast.

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    Default Kicked Out and Now a Runaway

    Hello, I'm a seventeen year old female. I don't turn eighteen for ten months, unfortunately. I've been seeing my boyfriend for three months, but I have known him for about a year. My parents needless to say, don't approve because he's five years older than me. Long story short, I was kicked out of my home in Oklahoma and had to live with a friend for about a week. I was asked to come back and "talk." It was arranged that I would come home, on the grounds that I would not see him anymore. Well, I went to see him a few weeks later, I called my parents and told them the situation. I just came to the conclusion of not going home, because I already knew what the basis would be when I got there. It was agreed that I would return my truck and cell phone at the end of that week. Next thing I know, the cops are at my school a few days later and I'm considered a runaway?! People are threatening me, my boyfriend? I was kicked out of MY house, I pay for insurance, my clothes, my food, my truck, everything. I am now basically under "house arrest," via my parents. What do I do? they KICKED me out of my house?

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    Default Re: Kicked Out and Now a Runaway

    No, they took you back in on the condition of following their rules, then you decided that you didn't like their rules, and decided not to return home after breaking the rules.

    Until you turn 18, you are under the COMPLETE care and control of your parents. They OWN you until you reach the age of majority, and they have the legal right to forbid you from doing just about anything until then. They don't have to let you see anyone, have a phone, drive, or even leave your house except to go to school and work (and they can force you to quit your job if they really want to be hardasses about it).

    Your option? Move out on your 18th birthday.

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    Default Re: Kicked Out and Now a Runaway

    Had you gone to police when they kicked you out, police would have returned you home and advised your parents that until you are 18 they are legally responsible for you. Police would have given them a choice: take her in or provide for her to be in the care of another adult, or go to jail. If you're now back under your parent's roof, police are going to shrug.

    When you are the one writing the check for the mortgage, then it will be your house.

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    Default Re: Emancipation in Oklahoma; Not a Runaway

    In Oklahoma, emancipation gives you the right to sign contracts. It does NOT give you the right to leave home without permission.

    So I'm not sure I see any recourse for you as far as that goes. You ARE a minor and as such, your parents have the right to determine who you can see, what you can do and where you can go. I think you're going to have to suck it up for ten months, because if you keep this up, your boyfriend can be in legal jeopardy. There are quite a few legal charges your parents can make against him.

    Ten months is not that long.

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