I need an answer from those in the US

[TrixieFox]

My dad says since im 17 if I leave the house he can report me as a runaway but another adult in my life (who I trust more) says in the state of Texas I can legally leave at the age of 17 and my dad can't do anything about it. Can someone fact check this plz?

 

[Amepix]

Not in the US, but I do have the power of the internet:
Any minor petitioning a Texas court for emancipation -- that is, being declared an adult in the eyes of the law -- must be a Texas resident, 17 years old (or 16 and living apart from one's parents), and able to support and manage one's own affairs

 

[TrixieFox]

Not in the US, but I do have the power of the internet:
Any minor petitioning a Texas court for emancipation -- that is, being declared an adult in the eyes of the law -- must be a Texas resident, 17 years old (or 16 and living apart from one's parents), and able to support and manage one's own affairs

do your parents have to sign the emancipation paper work

 

[Amepix]

I'll check...
A parent of the minor must verify the petition. If a managing conservator or guardian has been appointed, that person must verify the petition (that is, sign it under oath in front of a notary).

Shoot.

 

[RamblingRenegade]

probably and it says minor must be able to support oneself, which means they will probably check that you can do so, not just wanting to be rid of under your parents roof and run away kind of thing

 

[Deleted member 160111]

Be very careful when you want to escape from home. I know a bunch of forensic stories in which the police neglected the disappearance of teenagers if they had already tried to escape from home. Escape is just the beginning, you need to be able to provide for yourself. Employers are very reluctant to hire young people with no experience. You will also have difficulties with renting your own housing. I don't know, I can't imagine how you're going to do it, even if the law is on your side.

 

[Phoenix Kitsune]

He could, if you don't go for emancipation. and if he does not file you as a runaway he would probably file you as a missing person to try to get you back to where you were.

 

[Amepix]

Be very careful when you want to escape from home. I know a bunch of forensic stories in which the police neglected the disappearance of teenagers if they had already tried to escape from home. Escape is just the beginning, you need to be able to provide for yourself. Employers are very reluctant to hire young people with no experience. You will also have difficulties with renting your own housing. I don't know, I can't imagine how you're going to do it, even if the law is on your side.

I still don't understand how people are supposed to get job experience when the employers won't hire you because you don't have any.

 

[Deleted member 160111]

I still don't understand how people are supposed to get job experience when the employers won't hire you because you don't have any.

I don't understand either. For me, the idea of training a young specialist and a loyal attitude towards him is a good chance that he will stay working with you for a long time. Employers just want to get everything at once. They wants you to be attractive, compliant and non-confrontational, you should be ready to work overtime, and calmly endure insults, salary delays and rate cuts. Be a slave.

 

[Amepix]

I don't understand either. For me, the idea of training a young specialist and a loyal attitude towards him is a good chance that he will stay working with you for a long time. Employers just want to get everything at once. They wants you to be attractive, compliant and non-confrontational, you should be ready to work overtime, and calmly endure insults, salary delays and rate cuts. Be a slave.

Slavery still exists, you just get "paid"

 

[TrixieFox]

Slavery still exists, you just get "paid"

My parents are worse than the Dad from Steven He whos always like "He's a FAILURE"

 

[Fallowfox]

Think carefully about this. Be especially careful about moving in with older people who might take advantage of you as a young person.

I still don't understand how people are supposed to get job experience when the employers won't hire you because you don't have any.

I got the experience I needed for my current job from attending University and doing work towards research projects there.
That's not a very 'typical' job though, so that route won't work for a lot of people.

In the past I helped out as a teaching aid and manned the till in second-hand shops. Those are more typical ways you can get experience while you are young, and make your résumé more impressive.

 

[Firuthi Dragovic]

If I'm not mistaken about your circumstances, your parents wanted to push you out at 18, right?

How much have you been allowed to use the weeks since that big fight to prepare for a life without them? With what was indicated about the Texas law, preparing for that day may ultimately be the only strategy available.

 

[TrixieFox]

If I'm not mistaken about your circumstances, your parents wanted to push you out at 18, right?

How much have you been allowed to use the weeks since that big fight to prepare for a life without them? With what was indicated about the Texas law, preparing for that day may ultimately be the only strategy available.

They won't let me get a job yet so im kinda screwed rn... and they threatened to change the password on my computer so i couldn't do school and I only have online school rn

 

[Amepix]

They won't let me get a job yet so im kinda screwed rn... and they threatened to change the password on my computer so i couldn't do school and I only have online school rn

Well, that sucks. They suck.

 

[RamblingRenegade]

 

[Faustus]

They won't let me get a job yet so im kinda screwed rn... and they threatened to change the password on my computer so i couldn't do school and I only have online school rn

It's illegal in the state of Texas to prevent a minor between the ages of 6 and 18 from attending school.

 

[TrixieFox]

It's illegal in the state of Texas to prevent a minor between the ages of 6 and 18 from attending school.

IM homeschooled q-q they can say that I can only read textbooks and not grade shit and it still counts as school... but later they can say I didn't do the stuff

 

[Faustus]

IM homeschooled q-q they can say that I can only read textbooks and not grade shit and it still counts as school... but later they can say I didn't do the stuff

They'd still be breaking the law under point 3 of requirements for home schooling: 'Instruction must be bona fide' I appreciate the difficulty would be proving it, and that this might not be very helpful, for which I am sorry but it might be worth trying to contact someone with legal standing who accepts pro bono work.

 

[TrixieFox]

They'd still be breaking the law under point 3 of requirements for home schooling: 'Instruction must be bona fide' I appreciate the difficulty would be proving it, and that this might not be very helpful, for which I am sorry but it might be worth trying to contact someone with legal standing who accepts pro bono work.

My dad has connections... it wouldn't ever stick or work q-q just gotta stay sane for 10 months then Im moving out

 

[RamblingRenegade]

Once you are 18 they legally don't have a leg to stand on.. but use this time to make a plan get some resources together etc

 

[TrixieFox]

Once you are 18 they legally don't have a leg to stand on.. but use this time to make a plan get some resources together etc

I have a few connections... don't have a job but I have a vision

 

[ben909]

I have a few connections... don't have a job but I have a vision

have a more "safe" backup plan for this

in other comments, you seem to yourself think waiting out the 10 months is best, and it probably is the safest

in more ... uncooperative thoughts for short term things, if the account you currently have on your computer is an admin account (default on every pc i got) then you could create another account as a backup, and may be able to hide it, if this happens, make it also a controling account, and possibly lower the level of the main account then, then its harder for them to alter accounts without taking the entire thing away, and thus giving you a better argument against them if you do get others involved, with school stuff, if there are officials running it like most online connections, you could possibly try and contact them, but i don't know if that really can be successful

i don't recommend going down any more drastic paths then that

 

[Baron Tredegar]

Perhaps you can try to find a job or something online? At least part time so that when the time comes to get out you got some money to provide for yourself?

 

[Amepix]

Perhaps you can try to find a job or something online? At least part time so that when the time comes to get out you got some money to provide for yourself?

Yeah. Maybe some art stuff? That's always a good bet.