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How Can I (17f) Legally Leave My Abusive Family? What's The Threshold For Child Abuse That Allows Me To Separate From My Parents?

Location: Arkansas

Please help. I'm planning to call CPS on my parents very soon. What is the threshold of severity of "abuse" that will justify me being allowed to leave my parents? I know its different for every state, but does anyone have information on the laws specific to Arkansas. I have done some research and I know for sure my case counts as child abuse, but I don't know if this is severe enough to justify me being allowed to leave my parents.

My father has not actually tried to kill me or put me in a life threatening situation. He does threaten, curse and berate me constantly and has severe temper outbursts. He has beaten me with an electric cord, held me to the floor and punched me in the face repeatedly, thrown a chair at me, beat me for getting a math problem wrong, etc. I believe that I have developed a lot of mental health problems and abnormalities because of this, so is this enough proof of emotional abuse? I also have 2 pictures of physical abuse evidence: a picture of a red bruise on my face after he punched me in the face several times, and a picture of a scar on my thigh 2 months later after he beat me with an electric cord to the point of bleeding. The abuse pictured in the evidence happened 2 months ago. Is this enough for Arkansas laws to justify me leaving my parents?

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