Emancipation Rights in Missouri

[lacey b]

Hey! i am a 15 year old female living in missouri. My mom and i dont get along at all. I have practically raised my sister which is 11 now. my mom is never home and leaves me and my sister home for days at a time. She also takes my money to use for god knows what. she makes good money plus gets child support so i dont understand why she needs mine. my mother has a lot of anger problems and has kicked me out several times. I had to live with my grandparents for almost two years and then was returned to my mother after custody battles. then she kicked me out again. my mom and dad were never married so i dont know him. and my sisters dad and my mother split up when i was 9 or so. my mom had a b\f and they faught all the time. He was a drunk and she didnt do anything about it. then fighting put me and my sister both in a alot of depression and even though they arent together at the moment i know they will get back together and it will be the same as it used to be...him drunk and us having to worry about what he was going to do next. He once got in bed with my sister with nothing but his underwear on. I am back at my house now but what i need to know is how can i get emancipated and at what age can i get emancipated if i still live with my mother? I can't handle this anymore!!! PLEASE help

[aaron]

According to the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri,

In Missouri, a minor may be emancipated in one of three ways:

1) your parents may give express consent to a court that they are waiving their parental rights;

2) your parents may give implied consent, which would apply in situations where you have been living on your own, supporting yourself, and for all practical purposes your parents have relinquished their parental rights; and

3) you experience a significant change in your societal status-such as an enlistment in the military or marriage.

As in Kansas, emancipation requires the ruling of a judge.