Legal Question in Family Law in North Carolina

Sounds like someone needs spanking. Your ex is wrong. The child can not legally choose to up and leave your care until he is 18, emancipated or otherwise court ordered. Emancipation most likely won't happen unless you consent. If he does leave, the sheriff's department will be happy to pick him up and bring him back. However, the root problem of him not listening to you and not following the rules is your fault not mom planting thoughts into his head. Had I ever told my father I'm not going to do something, I might have gotten out the words 'I'm not ...' and then I would have been picking myself up off the floor. If the child is not conducting himself as he is supposed to it, is on you as the parent to man up and take appropriate measures to correct the behavior - this correcting can take many forms ranging from simply talking to the child to cast iron frying pan to the head. If you're the type of parent who mistakenly believes it is wrong to beat the crap out of your child - then you're the type of parent who may have to deal with a defiant little punk.