She makes me leave

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Can I be a real runaway if my mother tells me to leave and sends me texts messages telling me not to come home ever, and she sends pictures of breaking my stuff, or trashing it. And then on my PAYDAY every 2 weeks, she threatens to call the cops on me for being a runaway if I don't come home and pay her my paycheck money. I am 16.5 and live in Oregon. I stay with my just recently turned 18 yo boyfriend and his parents. We have been together for over a year now. My father is ill with cancer and my mother abuses drugs and alcohol. So she always demands my paycheck for her personal habbits or I will get the police called on me. Yet the other 13 days she refuses to let me home. My 14 yo brother even lives with his gf and her family it is so bad at home for us. But we have too much love and guilt to involve child protection services.

How can I be a runaway when she forced me to leave? I am trying to become emancipated but she says she can still call me in as a runaway and ruin all of my progress. I am confused as to where to go and do now.

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Hi there,
Thank you for writing to us here at National Runaway Safeline (NRS). We understand it takes great courage to reach out, and we appreciate you sharing a little bit about what’s going on. We want you to know that we are here as support to help you through this challenging time. From what we gather about your story yes you can be still a runaway. However if you have proof visual or anything that proves she kicked you out you can threaten to call CPS but see if they’ll take that bluff so you might have options. If you would like to talk more in detail and share more about how we can help specifically, please call or chat soon.
Our contact information is 1-800-RUNAWAY (786-2929); www.1800runaway.org (click on the chat button).
If you are at risk of any danger or feeling unsafe, we encourage you to reach out to 911 or seek emergency assistance immediately.
We hope to hear from you soon.
Be safe, NRS