Hi, so ill be 17 in 11 months. I live with my mother who is one of jehovahs witnesses. I want to live with my father who is not. however my mother wont let me. she doesn't have custody papers on me and didn't on my little brother either. he is 14 and lives with his father (also not a jehovahs witness). he left for the weekend when he was 10 and has been there ever since. my mother says if I leave then she will call the police and drag courts and a whole mess into the situation. when I was 12 I was having issues with her and said I was gonna kill myself and her and everyone and she called a policeman. he talked with me outside and said I had to listen to her and live under her roof until I was 17. so my question is, when im 17 can I leave and go to my fathers house? when I do can my mother report a kidnapping or runaway or any kind? I just need to know how long before I can be free of her. my mother fights with me all the time and when im home I stay in my room. I have graduated already and my fathers home is a safe place. im not happy here. I have bouts of depression and its just not a good place. I need to know what the quickest thing I can do is as far as getting out of here.
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