In Texas you can petition for emancipation if you are at least 16 if you are living away from your parents, 17 if you still live with them.
She could of just run away. Must be more to the story.
They took her cell phone away. I’ll bet that pissed her off. If you do not have a phone or you get one taken away you become a leper in certain kid circles now. My 11 year old gets made fun of in her circle of “friends” because we do not allow her to have a cell phone ( and won’t until 16 even then highly restricted ) and limit her real phone time.
We have created a monster with this era of instant contact and allowing kids to believe their cell phones/ipods/xboxes are more important than relationships.
I had two youthful idiots walk pass me the other day in a store with ipods so loud I could hear them texting each other as they walked. Sheez!