Can I legally stop my 17-year-old from moving out?

My 17 year old daughter wants to move in with her boyfriend. I am totally against this! Can I legally stop her in New York State??

Hi,

The age of majority (legal age to become an adult) in NY is 18. Therefore, you could legally control her under the law, unless she is emancipated.

Good luck.

You can also look into his age. If he is old enough (over 18) and with her still being a minor (barely) there is the question of statutory rape. Some states look at the girl as being a minor right up to the actual minute that she turns 18. Good Luck

Legally:

You must either be the 'Age of Majority': The age when a person acquires all the rights and responsibilities of being an adult. In most states, the age is 18 or have an approved 'Order of Emancipation' from the Court: When a minor has achieved independence from his or her parents, often by getting married before reaching age 18 or by becoming fully self-supporting.

yes !!!

PEACE TO YOU HAVE A NICE DAY MAM!!!@

u can try and take this to court but basically the jugde might ask your daughter who she wants to live with since she is 17 and has a voice of her own... I think that you should try and talk to her and ask her why she wants to move out... you should also try to explain to her how you feel about her moving but dont try to be aggressive with it try to be calm because you were 17 years old before... she might change her mind or not it all depends.

Obviously dec94 has never had kids. I haven't either, but I did babysitting for yearsss when I was younger. You can't let a kid do whatever they want, when they want.. and if they screw up, assume they learned from a mistake. There are some life lessons to be learned from experience, and some that are learned through discipline.

It's not like she touched a hot stove and said 'I'm NEVER going to do that again' This is a HUGE thing. It somewhat also depends on what you think of her boyfriend? Legally, you can still control her. If she leaves you can call the cops on her. Once she hits 18 there is nothing you can do.

talk 2 him or buy him the thing he always wanted

Im 20 now and I moved out when I was 17. My reason being was because my dad had a lazy girlfriend that lived with us a and she also had her son living with us. I had to watch her kid and my lil brother all the time. I never got to go out with my friends because my dad and his girlfriend we out all the time. And common I was a teen. I wanted to live my life and have fun. So I met this boy and moved in with him.
What I'm getting at here is the reason why I moved out was because I was very unhappy at home and just wanted to leave. Maby your doughter is unhappy at home.Maby because of something going on in the household? Talk to her. Ask her if there is anything that you and anyone else in the hose that is making her unhappy, and how you can change it.