Remember when being a teenager meant slamming your bedroom door, declaring your parents “don’t understand me,” and threatening to run away for approximately 17 minutes?

California appears to be working on a more official process.

According to a Post Millennial report, California’s Assembly Bill 1967, minors in some residential facilities could petition the court to challenge their parents’ custodial authority without any cause or evidence of harm.

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Residential facilities can include drug rehabilitation centers, boarding schools, wilderness therapy programs, faith-based residential programs, and shelters for runaway youth.

The Post Millennial says a child can “petition the court to strip the parents of custodial authority and substitute county child welfare control or foster placement. The application need not be corroborated by any adult and need not be served on the parents. The child’s statement alone is sufficient to trigger a mandatory assessment of the parents’ home. This assessment can occur without the parents’ knowledge.”

Most parents have survived the teenage years by enduring eye rolls, dramatic declarations, and occasional claims that a friend’s family is “way better.” Under this proposal, frustrated teens could potentially upgrade from writing angry journal entries to filing legal paperwork.

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What’s behind the bill? Not surprisingly, it’s reported to be tied to transgender issues.

A child placed in a therapeutic setting focused on biological reality could invoke AB 1967 to relocate to a state-approved environment that enthusiastically validates a transgender identity. California’s welfare system already requires children in state custody to be “affirmed” in their chosen gender identity, housed based on that identity instead of their biological sex, and given access to gender- transition interventions.

The bill is authored by LGBTQ rights activist and Assemblymember Rick Zbur and has become the latest flashpoint in California’s ongoing debate over parental rights and state involvement in family decisions.

For generations, parents heard their kids yelling, “You’re not the boss of me.” California may be on the verge of replying, “Actually, let’s have a judge decide that.”

The end result could be a remarkable government achievement where parents lose custody of their children and facilities get a windfall of money from the state to “care” for these kids.