What Will It Take to Get Emancipated

My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: New Mexico
I am almost 17, I am doing very well in school I am planning on getting a job and graduating early. So I really have my life together right now where I live. But my parents are planning on moving, again, and i wanted to know like how I would be able to get emancipated so I can move out and stay here. And I am pretty sure my parents would never let me "just stay."
Some people may think that I am to young to be on my own, but I am very responsible and I take care of all the chores here at my house and i take care of my little sister and brother and my pregnant mom at the moment. I always keep my grades up and I'm planning on going to college on a scholarship. I know it will be difficult, but i think I can handle it.

What will it take to get emancipated without my parents permission.

Where are you going to stay?

How will you prove to a court that you are already self-supporting?

You will not be emancipated without your parent's permission. Don't even imagine it.

"I don't want to move" is not a valid reason for emancipation in any state. If your parents say you are moving, then as long as you are even one minute under 18, you are moving.

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Quoting cbg

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You will not be emancipated without your parent's permission. Don't even imagine it.

"I don't want to move" is not a valid reason for emancipation in any state. If your parents say you are moving, then as long as you are even one minute under 18, you are moving.

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C darling, doesn't anyone read the old threads?

Not even the stickied threads?!

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damn, i'm getting old! when i was 17, 3/4ths done with senior year, my mom re-married and moved out on me, no paperwork. i was roomies with one of my sisters for a few years. everything you take for granted then suddenly YOU have to provide. i imagine you know this, so i'm merely restating. but it does break you in for when you have a mortgage due every month and the budget gets thinned out like taffy. legally, they can't abandoned you, but why not discuss it with the folks and perhaps do it under the table like so many??

I can not yet support myself but i plan on getting a job as soon as i can.
and i have couple of people offering me a place to stay until i can get a place of my own.

Mordantly~ do have any suggestion on how i can bring this up with my parents so i can talk to them and they don't just shoot it down right away, so they'll actually listen to me?

I can not yet support myself but i plan on getting a job as soon as i can.
and i have couple of people offering me a place to stay until i can get a place of my own.

Staying with other people will NOT satisfy the self-support requirement. Until you can pay 100% of your own rent (the market rate), food, clothing, utiliites, transportation, medical care, insurance, school fees and supplies, and all the other incidentals of life, including but not limited to shampoo and other toiletries, toilet paper, tampons, any medications down to and including aspirin, new tires for your car, any entertainment such as CD's or video rentals, and most definitely having something put aside for an emergency and provisions for what you would do if you lost the job you don't even have yet, you're wasting your time even thinking about emancipation. You WILL need to show the judge a budget of your income, your expenses, and how the two meet.

i would say if yours moms and dads are going to be at least 50% more reasonable then my moms was. when i was a junior, the last thing i had motivation for was a job. but as they say, you need to get out there and "beat the streets: a job WON'T come find you, you find it." so lets say you have a time table for this move, and you secure a job that fits your school schedule and can bank roll every penny since moms pays for everything. you WILL need lots of cash..... for reference.. the us minimum wage is what... $7 finally?? it's been ~7 years since i made less than $10. so now with your allotted income, if you could in fact afford to rent a room from a friend, or stay with them or what have you, i would approach the parents and have a sit-down. they can't be as bad as mine were when i was young. present your idea in a concise way that shows you won't be forced to do something despicable to survive and considering a year is a drop in the bucket of life, there's a good chance they will go for it. out here a room in a house runs $500. whatever the cost of lodging, add 40% to get the absolute MINIMUM you will need coming in, and put it somewhere nobody will find it on the 1st monthly. if it still looks plausible, have the sit-down, if you are the last coming of age, it might be even more advantageous to the freedom of the folks angle. one year of school left? you shouldn't have to worry about them calling your parents and realizing your flying solo.

i don't proof-read, so there's a decided chance Murphy has me talking jibberish. but i do know that it sucks when in 3 weeks the bank wants their $1200 and you only have $900 to your name.