I'm 14 years old and I'm a Texas resident, living with my emotionally and verbally abusive parents. We recently hit financial hardship which has made the abuse worse, and it's gotten to the point where i'm being gaslit and abused with other tactics every day by my dad, with my mom simply supporting him. I've discussed this with two teachers at school, who confirmed my suspicions that I'm being abused, and I've been told I need to get out of my current situation (leaving the house) as soon as possible. I basically have to act like the adult in my family, and whenever my parents abuse me/I confront them about it, they make things up and use fallacies and such, never truly addressing the issue at hand, and the mistreatment is rapidly worsening. I can go into details of them neglecting my mental health/telling me to kill myself/etc if it's important.
I want to leave ASAP, but I don't know how that would work legally to secure my freedom. I have a place to stay and multiple people that will vouch for my being abused. How high is the chance of me having to go to court? Could my parents simply consent to me leaving and that be the end of it? Am I missing anything else?
I want to leave ASAP, but I don't know how that would work legally to secure my freedom. I have a place to stay and multiple people that will vouch for my being abused. How high is the chance of me having to go to court? Could my parents simply consent to me leaving and that be the end of it? Am I missing anything else?
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