I Want To Start My Life ASAP

**laurie6490** · 06-14-2007, 05:41 PM

okay i am 17 years old and i dont really know where i am living right now. i used to live with my grandmother in birmingham alabama with my mom and my sister. my mom was in the process of getting divorced with my step dad. so he moved to pennsacola florida. well my mom decided one day that she wants to get back together with my step dad. so me and my sister and my mom came to florida. we've been here for about 3 weeks. i absollutely hate living here in florida. i want to move back to alabama but my mom doesnt have a job so she says if we move back to alabama we will be living on the streets because she will lose her car because since she doesnt have a job she wont be able to pay for it anymore because my step dad pays for it right now so she wont have a way to work either. well my dad lives in pennsylvania and he doesnt want me to live with him and i dont want to anyway because i dont like his wife and we dont get along. i just want to get away from my mom and my step dad so i can get my own job because my mom cant pay for me to do anything, not even to go to summer school. i have a friend and her parents said its okay for me to live with them if i get a job and i want to sooo bad. but my mom says no. how can i get away from my mom and start my life if she wont let me? she also is a drug addict and my step dad is an alcoholic and that is another reason why i dont want to live with them. i desperatly want to start my life but i cant when my mom keeps moving me around different states all the time and when she cant pay for me to go to school. i want out!

panther10758 · 06-14-2007, 05:53 PM

Since you legal residence is currenlty FL its Florida law you must follow. In order to be emancipate din FL you need parental consent (both parents if alive) Can you get this parental consent? Next I am unsure if AL will honor this emancipation. Lastly when do you turn 18? Emancipation takes a while and you could turn 18 before process is over.