Can I Get Emancipated

My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: West Virginia

I'm sixteen years old, and I was wondering if I could get emancipated from my parents. My dad has hit me a few times when I was younger, from slamming my head against a wall when I was ten to stepping into a fight between my mother and myself by screaming at me and poking me in the face really really hard. Whenever my dad is asked about these claims though he denies it. My mother is better, but when she gets mad with me she tells me I should go live with my sister and that she doesn't care what I do. I love my mom and dad but I feel as if they disregard any problems I have as meaningless. I have a job, and my boyfriend could help me pay for a good lawyer but I don't know if I could win this case because when I was thirteen I was taken away by the state from my parents because they couldn't take care of me because I was into self mutilation, failing in school and very upset at the time. Also, my boyfriend is twenty so I'm afraid my parents will use him against me in court and get him in trouble, but he's done nothing wrong and is a navy seal. Since then though I've been doing excellent, no self mutilation and I'm an honor roll student at school. Any suggestions?

How about reading the stickies at the top of the page...:confused::wallbang:

And further...boyfriend's career might be completely and utterly sunk.

No pun intended.

I have to agree with you Dog. As I've asked many times before, what is the appeal of a young girl to an adult male (ok, folks, besides the obvious answer that they are much easier to manipulate). If the young man in question likes his career, he'll wait until 'gf' is of legal age.

Absobloominglutely.

OP needs to understand something Very Important if she genuinely cares for this young man.

The military does not need proof of wrongdoing in this situation; they have the power to boot him out regardless of whether or not there has been any inappropriate conduct.

Mamabear, to answer your question...well, in all honesty a 16 year old can act and behave far older than their physical age. As you know 16 is legal in the UK and the relationship wouldn't even raise an eyebrow.

However, we're not in the UK...so it's hands off until girly girl is of legal age, as you so rightly said :)

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Quoting Dogmatique

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Absobloominglutely.

OP needs to understand something Very Important if she genuinely cares for this young man.

The military does not need proof of wrongdoing in this situation; they have the power to boot him out regardless of whether or not there has been any inappropriate conduct.

Mamabear, to answer your question...well, in all honesty a 16 year old can act and behave far older than their physical age. As you know 16 is legal in the UK and the relationship wouldn't even raise an eyebrow.

However, we're not in the UK...so it's hands off until girly girl is of legal age, as you so rightly said :)

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With age comes experience and wisdom. Life was never meant to be 'perfect' and only with struggle and strife comes the meaning of happiness. You can never appreciate the sunshine if you don't experience the rain. Guess I'm just old... (uh, one of my kids told me last night that I was so old that I f*rt dust.... nice analogy LOL!)

Does your job pay enough so that you, all by yourself without any help from your boyfriend or anyone else, can pay the going market rate for rent, food, utilities, clothing, medical care, transportation, insurance, school fees and supplies, and all the other incidentals of life, while still going to school and getting better than average grades? Can you show the judge a budget along the lines of, "I earn xxx.xx per week, of which xx.xx goes to rent, xx.xx goes to utilities, xx.xx goes t to food, etc. etc."? Can you show the judge what you will do and how you will care for YOURSELF (NOT, someone else, including the state, paying your bills) if you lose your job? Can you show him how you will earn enough money to pay all these expenses while still having enough time to keep up your studies? Do you have a proven history of supporting yourself?

If the answer to any of these questions is no, then no, you cannot be emancipated.

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With age comes experience and wisdom. Life was never meant to be 'perfect' and only with struggle and strife comes the meaning of happiness. You can never appreciate the sunshine if you don't experience the rain. Guess I'm just old... (uh, one of my kids told me last night that I was so old that I f*rt dust.... nice analogy LOL!)

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This is going off track but...tell your kiddo that you fart FAIRY dust and s/he should remember who actually wields that magic wand!

:D :D :D

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This is going off track but...tell your kiddo that you fart FAIRY dust and s/he should remember who actually wields that magic wand!

:D :D :D

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OMG..... You about choked me with this one!!! Every night, as I tuck the kids in bed (one 15, 9, 6 and 3) I give them 'fairy dust and kisses'! I'm not telling them this, they will prolly wrinkle their noses LOLOLOLOL (So much for spousal privilege.... hubby gave me up to the 14 yo..... then reminded me that there was a REASON that I married him.... ) :)

Thank you all for your responses, they were really helpful. And to answer the question, no sexual conduct was going on, my boyfriend and I talked this over and we decided it was best we wait untill I come of age. I don't think I'm going to worry with the emancipation and just try to talk with my family more. :)