Help with Colorado Emancipation Law

**kaseoru** · 09-11-2006, 12:01 PM

i am 16 years old (will be 17 in march) my boyfriend is 17 and will be 18 in january. he is moving out of his house with his gardean's permition to live at the local appartment complex with his best friend who is 18. i want to move out with them but my parents wont give their concent. can i do this without their concent. i have read the thread from peppy and i dont really understand it. you see, my parents will do everything in their will to keep me at home so i have to make sure that evey loop hole is closed before i even bring it up. i will continue to go to school and finish my jounior and senoir year. i have a steady job and will ba able to meet all the requerments that the world requiers. i just need help with the laws. some one please help me.

**aaron** · 09-11-2006, 12:45 PM

Colorado does not appear to have a statutorily defined procedure for emancipation. It recognizes emancipation in its statutes:

Quoting Colorado Code 19-1-103. Definitions

(45) "Emancipated juvenile", as used in section 19-2-511, means a juvenile over fifteen years of age and under eighteen years of age who has, with the real or apparent assent of the juvenile's parents, demonstrated independence from the juvenile's parents in matters of care, custody, and earnings. The term may include, but shall not be limited to, any such juvenile who has the sole responsibility for the juvenile's own support, who is married, or who is in the military.

In order to qualify as emancipated under that statute, it appears that at a minimum the minor would have to be at least fifteen years old and living independently of his parents.

**kaseoru** · 09-11-2006, 01:29 PM

ok so i got the response but i kont understand it. do you think that i would be prosecuted as a run away if i were to leave hom now at the age of 16? and if i went through the emancipation proccess and was able to prove everything including recieving an income i should be ok right. now will they ask my annual amount of income i recieve a month. if i dont make enough will they count that against me?

**aaron** · 09-11-2006, 01:51 PM

If you run away from home, certainly the authorities could become involved and seek to either have you return home or place you under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. If you successfully emancipate you should be able to live where you wish.

**Happy Trails** · 09-11-2006, 01:54 PM

Quoting kaseoru

ok so i got the response but i kont understand it. do you think that i would be prosecuted as a run away if i were to leave hom now at the age of 16? and if i went through the emancipation proccess and was able to prove everything including recieving an income i should be ok right. now will they ask my annual amount of income i recieve a month. if i dont make enough will they count that against me?

You would be considered a runaway. Your parents could report it and anyone harboring you could be prosecuted for harboring you (along with other potential charges).

Until you are a legal adult or become emancipated, your parents are responsible for you.

Emancipation is rare and difficult to do.