I know you are all very critical of us teens who want to be emancipated, but I felt I should get some advice anyway...
I live with both of my parents and a younger sister. My older sister used to live with us as well, but she left when she was just 16, the age I am now. My dad drinks, a lot. He's always yelling, and sometimes, he gets physical. He was worse with my older sister, and he's only gone as far as to push me and grab my arm when I tried to walk away. I have tried to get help from therapists, my mom, and the school counselor, but they all suggested the police and getting me removed and put in foster care, neither of which I want or need. I am fully capable of supporting myself, I have a job and over a thousand dollars saved up. I live in Colorado, and I want to get away from my dad and the depression his yelling keeps forcing me into (doctors have proven that I have it, and it is because of an unstable environment at home).
I am afraid of my dad, and worried that I might upset him and cause an unecessary act of violence on either his or my part. I need to get out of the house I currently reside in, but stay in the town where I attend school and work. Can I do this in Colorado? I have no other relatives, and no other place to go where I could keep my job, friends, and school. I have my mother's consent but not my father's to be emancipated, but I am not sure if it is the right decision for me..... Any advice?

