Abused by father, mother wont do anything, 17 years old, Help!

[Pjregal4]

What is the name of your state? CO
This is the first year i have lived with my father in a long time and it has been nothing but a nightmare from day one. I just moved to Colorado from Iowa and he has been working in CO and supporting us while our house was selling in IA. Just last week my father hit me around almost snapped my neck and left my neck bleeding and bruised which i have pictures of. My mom has been wanting a divorce for the past 15 years but he has threatened to kill my mom and even my sister and i if she left him. He has taken away my car that i paid half for and will not give me back my money and is very unreasonable and verbally abusive. My mom told me that he has thrown her down in the past and choked her before. She does not want to get a divorce for fear that he will physically hurt her or my sister or me. He has a lot of guns and is in the army and has told us that he knows how to kill us and make it look like an accident. I need help on what to do because i cant stand this anymore. I have thought about leaving and going back to Iowa where my friends have already told me their parents would let me finish highschool and they would help support me since my dad said he will not give me a dime as long as he lives. I know that since i'm only 17 they can legally make me come home, i think. My mom said she would let me leave this situation and let me go back to iowa but i know my dad wont because he has made it clear that he wants to do anything to destroy any kind of life that i may have. If my mom does let me leave can he still legally make me come back? Please help me as soon as possible because my dad is out of town and if he sees this thread it could mean a lot of trouble!

 

[stephenk]

did you report what he did to the police? if you won't get help from the police there is nothing anyone on this board can do to help.

 

[Pjregal4]

If i report this to the police would they take him away forever because i cant risk him ever coming back because i know he would cause physical harm. What i'm more interested in is can i leave the house with only one parental permission or can i still be reported as missing and dragged home?

 

[5xMomVA]

Honey, you need to call your local department of Social Services and make a report of child abuse if what you say is true and correct. If you can't find the number any other way call 911 and tell them that it's not an emergency but you need to speak to the on duty social services coverage personnel. Alot of kids come on here mad at their parents, but it's over stupid stuff. If what you are saying is true, honey that's abuse that needs to be reported. If you can't get to a phone when he's not around, talk to someone at school, a trusted teacher, counselor or such. All I ask is that you make sure your allegations are true and not that you are mad that he took you car away for reasons that parents do sometimes. If what you say is true, you need the authorities involved, if on the other hand your mad because you dad took you car away and want to try to get even, dear you could open a pandora's box that you can't closed by making false allegations. Follow your heart and your head and do what is right.

 

[Wolflmg]

If i report this to the police would they take him away forever because i cant risk him ever coming back because i know he would cause physical harm. What i'm more interested in is can i leave the house with only one parental permission or can i still be reported as missing and dragged home?

Kid you owe it to yourself to call the police. What your dad is doing is wrong. If your worried about him come back after you, you can get a restraining order agaisnt him meaning if he come anywhere near you, you call the cops and they'll take him away from you.

 

[stephenk]

"If you can't find the number any other way call 911 and tell them that it's not an emergency but you need to speak to the on duty social services coverage personnel"


Wrong! never call 911 to just ask for information. it ties up the phone for real emergencies.

Instead, look up the phone number for your police department or social services. call information and ask for the front desk of the police department.