Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

You are a minor. You have no rights. You are a "child" under Texas law. Sorry!

His mom can say whatever she wants -- but she has no decision making powers over you.

So if your parents want you to move to Georgia -- then you are moving.

If your boyfriend and his mother try to interfer, then they could be arrested.

If I were them, I would stop interferring with your parents and their decisions regarding you.

I don't know how old your boyfriend is, but if you have had sex with him and he is a lot older than you are -- he could be arrested for raping you -- since you cannot consent to sex at your age -- even if you agreed to the sex voluntarily. Therefore, if I were his mother, I would definately shut up and be quiet. He could end up a registered sex offender and in prison. Your boyfriend and his mother are asking for trouble if they interfer with your parents. I hope that you print out my answer and give my answer to his mother. I hope that is scares her. She needs to recognize that she should not be involved with this matter.

If your parents are truly evil, then you need to contact CPS. However, you need to recognize how horrible being in foster care is in the State of Texas. They will NOT put you in the house with your boyfriend and his mother. You will go to a a group house or a stranger's home with a bunch of the kids. I find that most teen-age girls do not enjoy foster care and they eventually beg to be returned to their parent's custody. Unfortunately, once in CPS custody the odds of being returned to their parents custody is remote and the legal fees that your parents will incur are thousands of dollars. So before you consider contacting CPS and making claims about your parents you need to think about living in a group home perhaps hundreds of miles away from Houston -- don't think of it is a romantic retreat -- think of it as a living hell where big, mean girls will beat you up for being a spoiled girl that had an intact family until she was 15. Also, some girls gets raped in foster care & you don't get any privacy & you don't get anything but the bare minimum of food & clothes required by the State.

I know that is not what you wanted to hear. I hear Georgia is nice.

Lastly, you are NOT old enough to emanicpate either - it is called "removal of disabilities" in the State of Texas and you can read about it in the Texas Family Code which is available on-line.

The good news is that the moment you turn 18 (in the State of Texas) you are an adult and you can leave your parents home. I don't know Georgia law -- so once you move to Georgia feel free to post this question and find out what the State of Georgia considers an adult -- it could be 17 -- I don't know.