parental cutody ends dirrectly at 18. I believe it's 17 for girls. It doesn't matter if they're in school or not, they are an adult and their own person by this time. By the way, if this is a family despute, don't try to run your childrens lives, they will make mistakes on their own. Just be there when they need your help, and show them that you care. Inadvertently you'll be pushing them away by telling them you own them, so to say.
Yes signing over custody is not the same as giving up your parental rights. You still have the right to visitation for example.
It means you have lost your right to physical and legal custody but you are still eligible to request visitation rights. Without parental rights you have no rights whatsoever in regards to your child.
That depends on where you live and your custody order. Were you granted temporary custody with parental rights intact? Were the parents divested of their parental rights and you were granted sole legal and physical custody? There are all different kinds of custody agreements and they can be modified. Refer to your documents or seek the advice of an attorney for an informed opinion.
Any state agency, including a school district can establish requirements that conflict with the state's age of majority law. This is also a factor in states that allow the emancipation of minors. School officials are within their legal right to require parental consent be given for the student to make a change of residence and still remain enrolled in school.
No, you still need the permission of the court if the other parent has any parental rights.
Sole even if he was still shacking up with you
yes see links
Technically your parents will always have custody over you. But if you are a citizen then not really.
Yes, that should not be a problem with parental consent. However you will not be legally emancipated with full rights as an adult -- your parents will still have legal custody -- unless you go through that process with the courts.
No. You no longer have any right to see the child. It is up to the person with legal custody and they may or may not allow you to visit with the child. If your parental rights were terminated it is likely that you will not be able to see the child.
It depends on your legal status before and after the father left. If you are married then he still has full parental rights until a court renders a custody order. If you have been divorced custody should have been addressed in the divorce decree. If you were never married and he has no previously established custodial rights then you have full legal custody.
When said child is at least seventeen. Parental consent is still needed, however.