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Total questions: 7219

What is the legal age of a minor when a parent is no longer responsible?
Popularity: 350

How old do you have to be to decide which parent you want to live with?
Popularity: 314

What is the legal age to move out in Florida?
Popularity: 232

What is the punishmment for running away in Missouri?
Popularity: 185

How old do you have to be to move out in Michigan?
Popularity: 177

Should you rewrite your will and designate a guardian while still pregnant?
Popularity: 176

How do you become legally emancipated?
Popularity: 176

Can you kick an uncontrollable 17-year-old out of the house?
Popularity: 150

What is the legal age to start taking birth control?
Popularity: 139

At what age can a child stay home alone in New Jersey?
Popularity: 135

What are the responsibilities of an accidental unwilling father?
Popularity: 135

Can minors choose which parent they want to live with?
Popularity: 116

Can a father give up all rights to an unborn child?
Popularity: 112

Is there a legal agreement for an unmarried couple that can be drawn up to protect them in case they split or is it okay to verbally agree to sell the house if you split?
Popularity: 108

If you are the mother of a 19-year-old girl who is married to a 33-year-old man and she gets into trouble are you or her husband liable?
Popularity: 106

Can the parents of a 16-year-old force her to have an abortion or is it her choice?
Popularity: 106

Can you get a job when you are only 11 years old?
Popularity: 105

How old do you have to be to get a tattoo in Massachusetts?
Popularity: 104

What can happen if you leave your husband and take your child with you?
Popularity: 101

What is the legal age a child can be left home alone in Florida?
Popularity: 100

What is the legal role of a parent?
Popularity: 100

How old do children have to be to be left alone at home for hours?
Popularity: 99

Can you live with a relative without letting your parents know where you are?
Popularity: 97

Can you legally drop out of school at 16 in Michigan?
Popularity: 97

Can all legal rights to a child be taken from a parent without their side being heard by a judge?
Popularity: 96

In California can your parents kick you out of the house if you are under 18?
Popularity: 95

What rights does a father have to an unborn child?
Popularity: 94

Can a 17-year-old move out of their parents' house?
Popularity: 94

How old do you have to be to get a tattoo in Nebraska?
Popularity: 94

Can a mother who has joint custody take a child out of the country without written permission from the father.?
Popularity: 94

Can a man give up his rights to his one month old child without the mother's consent in Texas?
Popularity: 94

Does a child have rights to a parent that gave up rights to said child?
Popularity: 93

How old do you have to be in Michigan to move out of your guardian's home and in with your real family?
Popularity: 93

Is it legal for a 17-year-old mother to go and live with the father of her child without parental approval?
Popularity: 92

If you have full custody of your grandchildren can you move the kids to another state?
Popularity: 92

What is the legal age a child can be left home alone in Indiana?
Popularity: 91

Where can a teenager get married without parental consent?
Popularity: 91

If the father signs over rights and the child is adopted by a step-dad does the biological father's family have rights to visitation?
Popularity: 91

Does the non-custodial parent have the right to make a 12-year-old visit?
Popularity: 89

Can an 18-year-old come and go as she pleases while in school but still living with her father?
Popularity: 88

Do the mother and father have to alternate claiming the child each year on their tax returns if they have shared parental responsibility?
Popularity: 87

Do your parents have any say as to whether you can stop your birth control if you are of legal age to have children?
Popularity: 87

Can a 16-year-old choose to live with his friend if his mom has custody of him and lets him?
Popularity: 85

If an 18-year-old boy tells a 12-year-old girl he wants perverted sex with her what should the girl do?
Popularity: 85

After what age will the police not think of your child as a runaway in South Carolina?
Popularity: 84

Do you have to have parental consent in Georgia if you have a child and you are 16?
Popularity: 84

If you are 17 and live with your aunt in Wisconsin can you leave to go live with your mother?
Popularity: 84

Can a 17-year-old get help for mental health problems without parental approval?
Popularity: 84

Can a 12-year-old decide which parent they want to live with?
Popularity: 83

Can a 15-year-old move in with another adult without parental permission in Texas?
Popularity: 83

Can a 20-year-old guy go to jail for getting a 16-year-old girl pregnant?
Popularity: 82

How old do you have to be to legally move out of your parents' house?
Popularity: 82

At what age do the police stop considering a child a runaway in the state of Arizona?
Popularity: 82

Is it illegal for a 15-year-old to sell legal soft-core porn images to a 16-year-old using a burned CD with jpgs?
Popularity: 81

Can a 16-year-old leave home and live with an aunt?
Popularity: 81

Can kids drop out of school at 17 in Arizona?
Popularity: 81

Who pays for college if your parents get a divorce?
Popularity: 80

Can a parent get a restraining order against a 21-year-old who is dating their 17-year-old daughter if they didn't have sex?
Popularity: 80

If a minor leaves the family home in Pennsylvania and moves to Florida can the minor's parents force them to return home?
Popularity: 79

Can you move out at 17 in California if you have graduated high school?
Popularity: 79

If you and your wife move 60 miles away from her parents do you have to bring the children to see them whenever they ask?
Popularity: 78

In the State of New York can a parent make their 17-year-old pay rent if they are claiming the minor child on their taxes?
Popularity: 78

Can a police officer force a runaway to go home in Washington state if the runaway is found on the street?
Popularity: 78

Is it legal to rent a property to a 17-year-old high school drop out with a child in Georgia or do you need written parental consent?
Popularity: 78

Can your parent make you come back home after being away longer than 6 months?
Popularity: 78

Can your parents press charges on you at 14 for supposedly hurting your little sister if they have no proof?
Popularity: 77

If your 16-year-old wants to be adopted by your new husband and hasn't seen her dad since she was 5 but he still pays support how can you go about this adoption and request he give up his rights?
Popularity: 77

What rights do you have to see your baby when it is born and what can you do to ensure you do not miss out on the life of your forthcoming child?
Popularity: 76

Is there a law against keeping a child from seeing his parent on court-ordered visitation rights?
Popularity: 76

What is the age of majority in Indiana?
Popularity: 76



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