Runaway laws in Missouri?

Question

I'm 15, (turned in jaunuary) and I'm wondering, if found, how much trouble I could get in with the law for running away....

Answer 1

iam not trying to scare you, but many teens who run away from home, end up dead or worse. things cant be this bad, if they are, e-mail me and i can give you some hot line numbers or suggest a safe, proper and legal course of action. DONT do anything foolish that you will regret later. running away from home will only multiply your problems ten times over. i know that running away may seem like a fun or exciting alternative to facing the problems at home but trust me, it is NOT...i hope this helps. good luck.

Answer 2

A lot of trouble! Not to mention the trauma and stress you'll put your family and community under. These days missing people are taken very seriously. The amount of money the police spend to find someone who goes missing regardless of whether you ran away or not is tremendous. Sometime kids are found financially responsible for the costs incurred in trying to find them. I'd think twice if I were you.

You've got three more years until you're 18. Finish high school and move out get a job, an apartment, and be self sufficient. If you run away where will you live? How will you eat? How will you afford clothes and other neccessities? If there is a pressing issue like your mom or dad abuses you or something then go to the police, tell someone at school. But to run away for the sake of running because you're going through teenage years is really stupid and selfish.

Answer 3

In most states, you have to be 16, and have at least $1 in your pocket, and they can't make you go back home. However your parents can say where you can't stay. At 15 if picked up as a runaway then you are taken back home, unless your parents turn you over to the custody of the state. If that happens you would most likely start off in a group home. Believe me sweetie, you don't want to be there. At this age you need your parents more than you know, no matter how mad at them you are. Unless you are being molested or physically abused, then please go back home. You have no idea how hard it can get out there on your own. I left home at 15, and after everything I went thru, if I had it to do over again, I would have stayed with my parents as long as I could.

Answer 4

In my own state there is a program establish when minors become troubled and run away. The program referred to as "CHINS" or (CH)ild (I)n (N)eed of (S)upervision is used to place minors where there is continuous adult supervision in a controlled environment.

There is always an alternative to running away from home. Whatever the problem is, a person needs to remember that communication is utmost important. Discuss issues that create the problem and listen as well. Arguing never opens the "road to communication."

Best wishes.