Can your 17 year old move out?

Answer 1

The age of majority in WA is 18. Anyone under that age who has not been emancipated in some manner is considered to be a minor, and their parents have the right to decide where they live. WA will allow you to petition for emancipation at 16. Your parents will be notified, and they can contest the emancipation. If they do so, then you will have to provide 'clear and convincing evidence' that emancipation would be in your best interest. You will also have to prove that you have the ability to support yourself.

http://www.bostoncoop.net/lcd/emancipation/washington.html

Answer 2

If you decide to move out without your parents aprovel, you would have to take it to court and make them not your family anymore. I'm not so good with the correct words to use for it though. but you can, its just alot of trouble, might as well wait that extra year inless you are in harms way

Answer 3

No, the age of emancipation within the United States is 18 years old. However, there are some instances where there are extenuating circumstances. Still, emancipation of minors would have to be ordered by the court.

Answer 4

I believe that if they have a sturdy home you should be able to move out if you want as long as there is an adult in the home that you so happen to move in with.

Answer 5

Well, no. You are legal at age 18. That's when you can move out. That rule applies to everyone in the U.S.A.

Answer 6

Only if you have parental permisson to do so. You are not emancipated until you are 18.

Answer 7

Yes dating is legal as long as the minors parents say yes. There are only laws regarding sex where the minor have to have reached the age of consent.

Answer 8

In Washington you are not an adult until 18. If the parents give you permission, otherwise you have to wait until you are an adult at 18.