Can I Leave Home At 18 Without Getting In Trouble?

This is going to be a bit long, so please bear with me. I’m sure there’s information that may be important.

I turn 19 in May in the 31st. I haven’t worked a day in my life because of… life. Literally just life getting in the way. I don’t expect anyone to give me sympathy or completely understand me.

My mother was an addict for however long. All I know is she still does meth. She’s lost us to CPS already for it, and has had MULTIPLE cases opened against her. When we were younger she was in an abusive relationship and all important documents (birth certificates, passports, ssn etc;) were all locked in storage. She left the guy and fought him to sign divorce papers for YEARS. During that time, the storage unit was sold off because it was unpaid for. Therefore everything personal wise was sold. Documents, art projects from pre school, photos of us as babies and so so much more. It broke my mother’s heart.

Anyways, let’s just fast forward past a shit ton more shit. My mother hasn’t worked a day in her life since she left him. She’s dependent on men, and has always prioritized them in some way. My mother is also a criminal. As sad as it is, she just is. She currently has warrants (one’s preferred to as blue warrants) in 2-3 different counties.

We have been homeless for 7 years, lived in Colorado on the streets for 4 of them. Currently we live in Texas, and we’re freeloading off of my step dad’s family. Literally were living in his sister’s house. They pay nothing and contribute nothing. My step dad (50) literally steals money from his 87 year old mom and tells her to go fuck herself and die. It’s sad. I’m still in Highschool because when homeless, I missed a lot of school so I decided not to drop out because I want to go to law school.

It’s been hard to work considering school and transportation issues for my family but I have literally, literally told my mom I’ll walk if I have to. I finally JUST got my birth certificate. Literally. Anyways this leads me to my question.

I want to leave but my mom says I cannot because legally, she still has control over me. She says since I’m still in school I have to live with her. I graduate in 2025. I won’t get anywhere living here. I can barely eat sometimes at night. I weigh 97lbs like… clearly I don’t need to be here. Can I leave?