Legal age to move out of your house?

Question

im 16 and i live in NJ.

and my parents are really strict. they dont let me out passed 11 and they dont let me have sleep overs or anything. im so sick of it.

my friend who is 19 has an apt. and told me i could move in with him. can i legally move out of my house w.o my parents calling the cops on me or anything? as long as i stay in school?

and can i legally just leave my house, tell my parents im going out for the night and leave it at that? HELP!!!

Answer 1

Slow your role young lady.  You will not want to do anything of the sort.  It may seem like a great idea to move in with the 19year old but you will wish you never did.  You need to live by the rules of your parents.  You will one day be glad to have had strict parents.  Why on earth would you want to destroy your life at this age to go live with a man?  What will you do for money?  How will this affect your education for a better life? Do you want to end up with a baby or on drugs?  Irresponsible thinking like this will get you there. He doesn't know enough about life himself.  You are making a bad judgement call because you think you have all the answers my dear.  But you don't.  The legal age for my state for not going to school is 16 I am not sure about the rest.  If you make this horrible mistake you will regret it.  Life is not easy on the outside.  They are only protecting you.  If you can sit down and talk with your parents about what you are feeling I would suggest you try it.  Otherwise, you will be heading for a world of trouble.  You do not have a clue about life at this point.  It is a good thing your parents are keeping tabs on you.  The best thing you could do is concentrate on your education and then when you graduate from High School, go to College, you can then be out your parents house.  What is out there after 11 but trouble.  A respectable young lady has no business out after 11 at the age of 16 unless it is special circumstances or with her parents.  I am sure you respect yourself.  As far as sleep overs....who ya tryna get to sleep over?  Sorry baby girl their house, their rules.  Gotta live by it.  It is not as bad as you think.  After all YOU ARE ONLY 16!!!!!!!

Answer 2

no you cant.you can get him locked up just for being thare and i hope your not haven s*x with him if your parents are that stricket.i left when i was 15yrs but i had a good reason to leave and today im strict on my boys for a good reason you only have 2 yrs to go befor you can legally move out on your own.good luck.

Answer 3

Nope, you are stuck, you are not of legal age, which is 18.  Your parents are legally responsible for you until that time.  I know they are really strict, but you know there's a lot of c**p going on out there and so many bad things that can happen to you, I don't blame them for being strict.  Two years, 18.  Bite the bullet, stay as long as you can.  Life gets real hard, real fast when you are making it on your own - and I guarantee you - waaaay harder than an 11pm curfew.  I feel for ya, really I do, but there's a lot worse out there in the real world and I'd hate for you to have to find out the hard way.

Take-off and being on your own, may force you into prostitution or worse if you cannot provide an income to support yourself.  This is no scare tactic, but fact - thousands of teens like yourself live on the streets without regular meals, a safe place to sleep and have to sell themselves to make a few bucks.  Don't go there, just don't.  It's far worse than anything you face at home.

Someone your age can petition for emancipation, which means freedom from your parents, but you would have to prove to the court that you are able to provide a living for yourself, provide housing and that you are capable of bearing the responsibility for living solo.  Getting mad at your parents because of a curfew and no sleepovers unfortunately shows a sign of immaturity, and any judge would see it that way.  

Below is from a child welfare site - take a look :

http://www.childwelfare.gov/outofhome/in...

Outcomes for Emancipated Youth

Findings from studies about outcomes for youth who have emancipated from, or aged out of, out-of-home care. Outcomes generally are not very positive for these youth and reinforce the need to help youth in out-of-home care find permanent families.

Answer 4

The legal age to move out is 18 if you are not emancipated.

But you have to prove you can provide for yourself, job, etc. Living with your friend wont help, especially when the guy is 19.

Until you are 18, your parents are legally responsible for you, so you are stuck with them for 2 more years.

If you do go to his and not come back and he refuses to take you back to your parents. He could be charged with interfering with custody and harboring a run-away.

So yes they can call the cops on you and report you and possibly have your friend charged,