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Imogen
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This is regarding Colorado's runaway laws.
I'm going to try to make this as short as possible. so sorry if its long.
side note: I am 17 I will be 18 in early Jan 2010. My boyfriend is 19 will be twenty in late july 2009
I feel like I am in an unstable household at the moment, my dad's been to jail several times and doesn't have a job and is an alcoholic. My mother is verbally/mentally abusive and is constantly yelling and cursing at me, and my two younger brothers about insignificant issues. I still love them both and i know my mom is trying to support us but I feel like I shouldn't live here anymore. I'm not happy here and I feel trapped.
I have a 19 year old boyfriend who is in the marine corps and he lives in Hawaii. Both parents approve of him and our relationship is legal both here (in Colorado) and in Hawaii. He has enough money and is willing to let me live with him and pay for school online (im a junior in high school) I want to live w/ him but I'm not sure my parents will approve although living with him seems like a better option.
I normally get good grades but lately they've been slipping due to the stress at home. I've been ill on and off for months now (I've had the flu and other personal problems) and I haven't been taken to the hospital and I can't drive. Personally I think this is considered abuse.
Either way I was wondering if my boyfriend and I could get in trouble with the law if I were to leave and live with him, even if the environment with him is better for me than at home. I have looked up laws on harboring a minor and apparently its a class 2 misdemeanor on his part but I want to be sure.
The police are always coming to my house due to my dad's past legal issues and at one point my mother feared that social services were going to take us away.
If I were to ask my parents for an emancipation I don't think they'd agree with it, my mom will just try to put me in foster care (she's tried with my 14 year old and 9 year old brothers). I was also told that Colorado doesnt have any emancipation laws.
Personally I think I'm mature and my mom and other adults have agreed on several occasions. What do you guys think could happen if we pull through with this plan? Any help is gladly accepted. Thanks in advance.
I'm going to try to make this as short as possible. so sorry if its long.
side note: I am 17 I will be 18 in early Jan 2010. My boyfriend is 19 will be twenty in late july 2009
I feel like I am in an unstable household at the moment, my dad's been to jail several times and doesn't have a job and is an alcoholic. My mother is verbally/mentally abusive and is constantly yelling and cursing at me, and my two younger brothers about insignificant issues. I still love them both and i know my mom is trying to support us but I feel like I shouldn't live here anymore. I'm not happy here and I feel trapped.
I have a 19 year old boyfriend who is in the marine corps and he lives in Hawaii. Both parents approve of him and our relationship is legal both here (in Colorado) and in Hawaii. He has enough money and is willing to let me live with him and pay for school online (im a junior in high school) I want to live w/ him but I'm not sure my parents will approve although living with him seems like a better option.
I normally get good grades but lately they've been slipping due to the stress at home. I've been ill on and off for months now (I've had the flu and other personal problems) and I haven't been taken to the hospital and I can't drive. Personally I think this is considered abuse.
Either way I was wondering if my boyfriend and I could get in trouble with the law if I were to leave and live with him, even if the environment with him is better for me than at home. I have looked up laws on harboring a minor and apparently its a class 2 misdemeanor on his part but I want to be sure.
The police are always coming to my house due to my dad's past legal issues and at one point my mother feared that social services were going to take us away.
If I were to ask my parents for an emancipation I don't think they'd agree with it, my mom will just try to put me in foster care (she's tried with my 14 year old and 9 year old brothers). I was also told that Colorado doesnt have any emancipation laws.
Personally I think I'm mature and my mom and other adults have agreed on several occasions. What do you guys think could happen if we pull through with this plan? Any help is gladly accepted. Thanks in advance.