If your child is in secondary education you can apply to.

Can your parents hit you at 18. Before you decide to move out of home think about. And to all the parents. First its okay to have a curfew even if your child is over the age of 18.

It may continue until the end of the calendar year they turn 18 if youre one of the following. Your parents may be abusing you if you have any of the following after your parents discipline you. Its true that when your child reaches the age of 18 they are legally seen as an adult and are legally responsible for their own behavior instead of their parents.

If youre under a child protection order and you want to change where you live youll need to talk to your child safety officer. You can be taken to the adult courts if you break the law. Both parents can also make a new agreement before your child turns 18 to continue child support.

All you need is your parents permission and the proper documentation for wherever youre staying and you can live by yourself before you turn 18. They cant break laws of course being 18 just means you can be tried as an adult not that youre free to do anything you please. Well not legally no.

So yes while some things change when your child turns 18 one thing doesnt change and probably never will. 4 Sex Carries More Consequences for 18-Year-Olds. Are not a biological parent of the child.

The same federal privacy laws that allowed you access to school transcripts and disciplinary records close that door when your child turns 18. There is a classic story about the mother who believed in spanking as a necessary part of discipline until one day she observed her three-year-old daughter hitting her one-year-old son. But Australian Law protects children below the age of 18 and punishes parents who abandon their children.