Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Michigan

Re: Should minors be allowed to sue an adult without a parent or gaurdions permi

Yes, parents DO get to make decisions for their children. In fact, they are REQUIRED to do so. You may not like their decisions, but unless they are harming you, you're going to have to live with it for about 6 more years.

If they are harming you, then you have the right to ask a court to intercede, which is similar to a lawsuit, but what happens is that a judge makes decisions and gets in between you and your parents. It means that instead of someone who knows you (and probably loves you), you'll have some grumpy old guy who doesn't know you and probably doesn't really care.

Smoking IS harmful, but it's not the sort of thing a judge should be involved with. Living with bad things (unless they're really abusing you in some way), like smoking or serving fast food all the time, is part of family life.

If you don't like your parents smoking, make you can negotiate that they don't do it in your room, but remember it's their house, their rules.

You can also do things like make sure you take your vitamins and do your best to be as healthy as possible.

HOWEVER, if you ARE being harmed, then you should report the abuse. Please don't take my comments as telling that your parents have the RIGHT to abuse you, only that it has to be real abuse, not simply smoking when you don't like it.