Fifteen and Needing Emancipation

My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Florida

Hi I’m a 15 year old sophomore in Florida. My grades are excellent (straight A’s). Pretty soon I'll have enough credits to graduate early. Well I have a very big dilemma. My guardian WANTS me out of the house. She plans on sending me to Michigan, where the economy is bad and I have more than an 85% chance of getting raped or killed. I have no problem with leaving because I have been physically and mentally abused for years and I can't take it anymore. If I became emancipated I would already have a family that is willing to take me in. I have known them for more than 5 years. I have even lived with them temporarily with the consent of my guardian. My having no job wouldn't be a problem because I get a check every month since I'm adopted. (It’s over 500$ a month) Could they make the exception then?

If you are being abused call CPS and/or 911 immediately.

Emancipation does not mean you go to live with another family.

What you may want to do is advise the family to apply for emergency guardianship of you.

For what it's worth, $500/month won't even come close to providing everything you would need to prove to a court you are self-supporting.

Where are you getting the 85% figures from?

That's completely bogus.

And...are you being sent to live with another parent? Other legal guardian? Who/what is in Michigan?

Emancipation is NOT going to happen. (And BTW, I live im MI, have raised/raising 10 children here, and there is NOT an 85% chance of you being raped or killed.) Further, $500 a month doesn't go far, in Mi or elsewhere. If you have a guardian, they should be overseen by a court officer. They will probably ask you WHY the appointed guardian wants you gone. If you are being abused, talk to a school counselor/teacher and have it reported.

In Florida, your parent or guardian would have to initiate the emancipation proceedings, and you would have to be at least sixteen.

Those threads sticked at the top of the forum that you're instructed to read before posting a new question? There's a reason they're there.

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She plans on sending me to Michigan, where the economy is bad and I have more than an 85% chance of getting raped or killed.

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I'm interested in a citation for this "85% chance of getting raped or killed" nonsense.

Honestly, do you think that just pulling made up statistics out of your hindquarters is going to suddenly create an exception in the law for you? THAT, my dear, is called "magical thinking", and would ensure, even if you did have the means to support yourself (which you don't) that a judge would laugh you out of the courtroom.

by being emancipated couldn't i decide where i want to live

well in the part of michigan where im going to be sent there is a very high chance that i could be raped or killed. trust me i know.

No, you don't know.

And you didn't answer my question.

Hon, you're not going to be emancipated. Period.

You're 15 and live in Florida. You "know"? You know nothing.

You don't even have an 85% chance of getting killed in DETROIT, and the Motor City has some pretty scary crime statistics. Making things up will not get you what you want.

You're not only incapable of supporting yourself, you're incapable of using logic. Emancipation is not even remotely a possibility for you.

Well I would like to have you know researchermissy that I did'nt pull those statistics out of my "hindquarters". The area where i would be sent is swarming with perverts, killers, molesters, and rapists. It may not be an 85% chance in the area u live in but in the area that I am being sent to those are the statistics. So go there nd see for yourself!!!!

Cite it, little girl. Show me a government source for your nonsense. Again, you're making it up.

And you're not listening. Emancipation is not an option for you. If you're incapable of supporting yourself 100%, your petition will not even be heard, even if your guardian were to initiate it.

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Quoting aaron

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In Florida, your parent or guardian would have to initiate the emancipation proceedings, and you would have to be at least sixteen.

Those threads sticked at the top of the forum that you're instructed to read before posting a new question? There's a reason they're there.

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what do you mean that "those threads sticked at the top of the forum that you're instructed to read before posting a new question"

The ones here that say STICKY.

Just 'for the record' where do you think that you're being sent that has statistics that high???

If those statistics were true, the city would die out. Literally.:wallbang:

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Quoting mamabear2102003

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Just 'for the record' where do you think that you're being sent that has statistics that high???

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Even Kabul doesn't have stats like that.

:rolleyes:

Methinks we have a bit of dramaqueenism going on. Excellent way to convince a judge never to emancipate you.

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Quoting Dogmatique

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Even Kabul doesn't have stats like that.

:rolleyes:

Methinks we have a bit of dramaqueenism going on. Excellent way to convince a judge never to emancipate you.

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Great new word!!! I think that I'll add that to my vocabulary in the future (crediting you of course! ;) ). We do have to remember that she did tell us that she was fifteen......

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Quoting jazzygurl1995

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Well I would like to have you know researchermissy that I did'nt pull those statistics out of my "hindquarters". The area where i would be sent is swarming with perverts, killers, molesters, and rapists. It may not be an 85% chance in the area u live in but in the area that I am being sent to those are the statistics. So go there nd see for yourself!!!!

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Kid,

We ain't your friends that get all googly eyed when you spew facts that really sound bad.

We are professionals that KNOW where to find these statistics. You don't have an 85% chance of being raped or beaten up in PRISON.

You can't dazzle us with BS... cite a source or admit you made it up... either or.

Oh, and you have no chance whatsoever of emancipation. Have a great day.

you know what I don't need your stupid advice and maybe its you that know nothing you so called law researcher missy. You should know since you're so smart that not every rape, molestation, and murder is recorded. SO YOU KNOW NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!

Then prove we're wrong. Cite a legitimate source that backs you up. Otherwise, please go home to your dolls and playthings. You are not impressing anyone here and every post you make proves only that you are FAR too immature to be allowed to live on your own. Your posts are so immature that it embarrasses me on your behalf, and it takes a lot for that to happen.

One more time. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER will the state of Florida emancipate a 15 year old. You're just going to have to hope you're in the 15%.

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you know what I don't need your stupid advice and maybe its you that know nothing you so called law researcher missy. You should know since you're so smart that not every rape, molestation, and murder is recorded. SO YOU KNOW NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!

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Then how do YOU know, little gurrrrl, that they exist? From where are you pulling these magnificent statistics?

YOU know nothing.

And you've just proven to every single reader of this thread that you're at least 10 years away from being considered even vaguely mature enough to live by yourself.

You are NEVER going to be emancipated. Get it? Got it? Good.

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Then prove we're wrong. Cite a legitimate source that backs you up. Otherwise, please go home to your dolls and playthings. You are not impressing anyone here and every post you make proves only that you are FAR too immature to be allowed to live on your own. Your posts are so immature that it embarrasses me on your behalf, and it takes a lot for that to happen.

One more time. Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER will the state of Florida emancipate a 15 year old. You're just going to have to hope you're in the 15%.

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Oops. We cross-posted again....y'know, people will talk <g>

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you know what I don't need your stupid advice and maybe its you that know nothing you so called law researcher missy. You should know since you're so smart that not every rape, molestation, and murder is recorded. SO YOU KNOW NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!

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You're not the boss of me now,
You're not the boss of me now,
You're not the boss of me now, and you're not so big....

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you know what I don't need your stupid advice and maybe its you that know nothing you so called law researcher missy. You should know since you're so smart that not every rape, molestation, and murder is recorded. SO YOU KNOW NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!

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Well, at least she didn't call us all poopy heads.

I am very curious to find out this secret yet undeniable database of Detroit area criminal statistics that is only available to a 15 year old Floridian.

My guess is that you'll find it in a place that only our dear OP thinks smells like roses.

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Quoting Mr. Knowitall

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My guess is that you'll find it in a place that only our dear OP thinks smells like roses.

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You just made me smile big.

That, oddly enough, was one of my late DH's favourite songs. :)

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My guess is that you'll find it in a place that only our dear OP thinks smells like roses.

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Ha! I just had to youtube it... :D thanks!

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Well, at least she didn't call us all poopy heads.

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I'm actually kind of disappointed that she didn't. My son likes to show the emancipation threads to his friends, and they all find it terribly entertaining when we get one to flip out and call us names.

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I am very curious to find out this secret yet undeniable database of Detroit area criminal statistics that is only available to a 15 year old Floridian.

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Me too. I'm in Detroit on a nearly weekly basis - because I am a sucker for Slow's Barbecue, the Sweetwater Tavern, and the Eastern Market - and I've yet to wander into any of those venues to find that 85% of the staff and regular customers have been murdered.

You'd think a city with a murder rate that high would at least be on the local news.

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Quoting LawResearcherMissy

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I'm actually kind of disappointed that she didn't. My son likes to show the emancipation threads to his friends, and they all find it terribly entertaining when we get one to flip out and call us names.


Me too. I'm in Detroit on a nearly weekly basis - because I am a sucker for Slow's Barbecue, the Sweetwater Tavern, and the Eastern Market - and I've yet to wander into any of those venues to find that 85% of the staff and regular customers have been murdered.

You'd think a city with a murder rate that high would at least be on the local news.

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I know there is a God because there is Slow's Barbecue.

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I know there is a God because there is Slow's Barbecue.

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The murder rate in Baltimore has always been high. I used to live there and I got out.

Oh, and BTW, I know there is a God because there are Berger's chocolate cream cookies.

I know there is a God because there is Nutella and Marmite.

;)

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Quoting Dogmatique

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I know there is a God because there is Nutella and Marmite.

;)

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There go the Brits again. :D

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There go the Brits again. :D

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At least we dodged the Aussies and their insistence upon the therapeutic value of Vegemite.

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At least we dodged the Aussies and their insistence upon the therapeutic value of Vegemite.

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Thank goodness.

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I know there is a God because there is Slow's Barbecue.

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If Freyjah lived in Detroit, she'd eat at Slow's.

Slow's makes me happy all the way to my toes.

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I know there is a God because there is Nutella and Marmite.

;)

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Marmite is revolting, but I eat Nutella out of the jar with a spoon.

I don't think my host Mom ever laughed as hard as when she laughed at me the day I had Nutella for the first time. I just about passed out from happiness.

My German friends would ship it to me on the regular, because it wasn't yet available in the US.

NO!

Marmite is good and lovely and nice and it gives happies to all!

(Ask cbg ;) )

I heart Nutella.

I would marry Nutella if circumstances would permit.

$8 for two HUGE jars at Costco ;)