At What Age Can A Child Legally Leave Their Parents And Live With Grandparents?

In the United States a child can legally leave his parents and live with grandparents or anyone else at age 18, unless he or she is legally married. If, legally married a child can live with his or her spouse outside the home of the parents. Different states within the United States have laws governing the legal age for marriage and that age is usually age 16 with parental consent being a requirement.

In some cases where a child has reached the age of 16 he or she can under the laws of Emancipation of Minors, have the parental rights of his or her parents denied. In this case he or she would be free to live with grandparents and in some cases could even live alone in his or her own residence. Special conditions must be proven in a court of law for this to happen.

Other countries may have different laws governing the rights of a child under age 18, to live with those other than his or her parents. This information would need to be determined by seeking legal advice from an attorney or agency dealing with this type of situation.

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It is legal for children to live with their grandparents at any age as long as they have the consent of their parents. If their parents do not consent, the grandparents can sometimes get custody. Children are allowed to leave home of their own accord and without parental consent when they reach the age of 18.

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The real question is why should you (I assume it's you) want to live with the grandparents. If it's because you just don't want to live with the parents and the grandparents will let you do things the parents won't that's not a good enough reason. If the parents are abusive and violent then I say yes, hire a lawyer and try. My brother left home and went to live with our grandparents because he didn't like the rules my parents made him follow. Now at the age of 50, he has absolutely no respect for my dad. He refers to our grandfather as his dad even though my grandfather (he is now deceased) didn't want it that way. So think about it very carefully.

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