Hello. I have a girlfriend of eight months, she is 16 and I am 17. We both live in tennessee. She is being psychologically abused at home and is thinking about running away from home and staying at my house because she does not feel safe at home. If she does so and her parents call the police, can they force her to return home if she doesn't want to? I have looked it up but could not get a concrete answer for any laws in my state. Some sites have explained it as if she was filed as a runaway that she Department of Health and Human Services would be called and if they believed the returning home would be unfit, they would hold temporary custody and would place the teen with a relative, adult friend, or foster care. We have discussed her leaving and coming to my house and calling DHSS and her being placed into our home. Would this be legally possible? Thank you.