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

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It depends on what State you live in and also if you are younger than 16. Although according to law (seldom activated on) a parents should be fully responsible for their child(ren.) However, if that 16 year old child is obnoxious, hurtful, doing drugs, threatening, etc., that parent has every right to throw them out of the house. The best solution would be to have your child arrested if any of the above apply and have a record of the event.

You are a guest in your parents home. You have responsibilities to not only get the education they have worked hard for you to get, but also to do chores around that home, and also to have respect for them. If they don't beat you or are mentally abusive to you, have provided a general loving atmosphere (no one is perfect) and given you love, food in your stomach and a roof over your head consider yourself lucky!

If you feel at your young age you know so much then your parents are doing you a great favor in cutting you loose to get a good hard taste of the realities out in society. If you want to stay at home (and it sounds like you do) then start acting as mature as you think you are and sit down and communicate with your parents. If they have rules and regulations such as:

No phone calls after 10 PM if your friends call on their phone

Getting homework done before you go out

School nights you are in no later than 9 or 10 PM providing your homework is done

No drugs or alcohol in their home

If asked, being honest with your parents if you have experimented with some drugs.

No girls in the house when they aren't home

Shutting down the music when asked

These are but a few, and remember this, you are a boarder in your parents home and you should treat them with respect.

You are at the age where you are beginning to flex your wings and it's a sign of independence, but if you want a short-cut in life, I suggest you express your feelings to your parents without verbal abuse such as swearing, shouting and screaming because that will only cinch it that you really are just an immature kid.

Be careful what you say to your parents because it could be the last time you may see one or both of them. Things like accidents or illness can take your parents from you in the blink of an eye and I don't think you would like to carry the burden of a stupid argument hindering your relationship with your parents. Sit down and express what is going on inside of you and how you feel. You'll be quite surprised that your parents will understand and try to work things out with you. Your parents home is far nicer than living out in the streets, and if you think a friend will take you in, it may happen for a short time, but it's not forever.

Good luck Marcy

Parents who find themselves in situations where they cannot control a minor child from harming themselves, committing illegal acts, creating a detrimental family environment (this does not pertain to a child not doing chores, school work or being disrespectful, etc.) or otherwise creating societal problems (truancy, bullying, etc.) should contact the state's deparment of family services for assistance.

Needless to say, of the situation is such where anyone is placed in a position of immediate physical danger/harm the local police or 911 should be contacted.

"CALIFORNIA CODES PENAL CODE SECTION 270-273.75 270.5. (a) Every parent who refuses, without lawful excuse, to accept his or her minor child into the parent's home, or, failing to do so, to provide alternative shelter, upon being requested to do so by a child protective agency and after being informed of the duty imposed by this statute to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). (b) For purposes of this section, "child protective agency" means a police or sheriff's department, a county probation department, or a county welfare department. (c) For purposes of this section, "lawful excuse" shall include, but not be limited to, a reasonable fear that the minor child's presence in the home will endanger the safety of the parent or other persons residing in the home."

If a minor child is disrespectful, hurtful, or truant you CAN, legally, remove that child from the household as stated in the California penal codes. You must go to court and present your lawful excuse to a judge. Only if the judge finds the excuse viable can you legally remove the minor.

Summing it all up... Yeah, they can, but they have to pay for your rent and such until your 18th birthday.

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