Legal Question in Family Law in California

I know this may not be what you want to hear, but is all that drama really worth a belly piercing? Whether he can or cannot legally kick you out is less of an issue, in my opinion, than the reality that it sounds like this is creating a highly hostile situation that is taking your focus away from your studies. I know you are 19 and an adult, but the fact is that you are not self sufficient yet. That is why you are going to school, to work toward that, right? My advice would be to take the belly ring out so that you can focus on the really important things, like getting through college without added tension or the stress of worrying how you are going to support yourself. It is enough stress on its own to have to work and go to school full time - believe me, I know. After you move out on your own and are paying your own way, you can pierce your belly button or whatever you want without having to come home to hostility.

Legally your mother can allow you to stay over your father's objections, IF they jointly own the house. Since you are 19, however, unless one of them grants you permission to stay, you can legally be kicked out as a trespasser unless you have paid them rent. If you paid them rent, they can still kick you out but only after 30-days notice. Bottom line, though: do you really want to come between your parents like that over a navel piercing that, quite frankly, is not exactly high class anyway?