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Can a 16 year old child decide which parent to live with under NC child custody laws

I have a 16 year old daughter she lives with her father, I signed over my rights 2 years ago and she was adopted by my x husband wife, my daughter no longer wants to live there they are really hard on her. She wants to come and live with me. What can I do does she have a say so she is 16 years old I'm very stable and she has a room where I live there are 2 other children there also but they are 12 and 14 and from what I understand by law, the papers that I signed I cant touch them until they are 16. Can she move out at 16 and come and live with her real mother.

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He is mental abusing her, shes don't allow to talk to me she cant sit with me in church, please help I need help really bad I'm scared that my daughter is going to end up running away and getting pregnant if I don't get her out of there. Someone please help me!! She is a slave when she lives shes not allowed to go any where or do anything, she came to me for help I can give her a stable place to live. She wants to run away now and I'm trying to talk her out of it. What do I do???? So one out there help me please
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mattdavis020

I have the same problem and im 15. My dad sigmed over his rights when I was about nine. I really want to just go and see him, but my mom and leagal dad wont let me. I really want to go to court to fight this but I dont know how to because my bialogical dad sighned over the right! Someone please help I just want to see my real dad again, I am not in any danger at the home im in now, but I want to move out and live with real dad.
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