Will I Have a Chance if I Apply for Emancipation

My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Louisiana
I'm 17 years old, and I've been thinking of being emancipated for some time now. Everyday I come home to being yelled at to clean the house and baby sit my siblings every weekend. To my mom, her job comes first then my schooling. I'm a fairly successful student, but it's very hard to keep up my A's and B's when I have to worry about whether or not I have time for homework or if I have to take my little sister to the doctor. I'm applying for jobs but have no way of getting to the job because my mom works weekends and refuses to take me to get my license, which is required for me to get to any of the jobs around here hiring 17 year old females. In my parish, the classes are held on weekends, and like I said before I pretty much do everything for my family then. My mom relies heavily on me to have the house clean and the clothes washed and dried and to have food on the table when my siblings a hungry. I would go and live with my dad, but there is literally no space for me to live in. His girlfriend and him have 3 children together and barely have room for them in their house. Also my step-mom and I don't get along.
I am willing to apply for a job and find a place to live. I have already talked to a friend of the family who is willing to let me stay with her if I baby sit and pay for my own necessities such as clothes and school fees and toiletries, I also would have to pay a small amount of rent, but considering she'd be willing to help me find a job, it shouldn't be too hard. I have taken care of myself and others since I was 13, and I'm perfectly capably of taking responsibility for myself and not my whole family like I do now... I would much rather have myself to rely on and not have "the weight of the world" on my shoulders. I am willing to take any precautions necessary to get out of this house and into a home of my own.
Thank you.

Addition: I did think of just leaving, but I thought better and decided doing it legally would be a lot easier and less of a mess to sort through.

The short answer is "no".

Emancipation means you are completely self-supporting; it doesn't mean that you can go and live with a friend.

Besides, if you're 17, by the time any petition - even if you qualified, which you don't - was heard in court you'd likely be 18 and able to move out anyway.

Thanks. The only reason I mentioned her is because I was planning on staying with her just until this year is over, that way (I've already talked to the landlord of some apartments in a town close to my school) I can move at the beginning of next year (in Jan.), because the landlord there said as long as I had a job and could pay rent I could live there.
I guess I should have put that in there.

I do understand what you mean by the time frame, but I just recently turned 17 2 and a half months ago, I didn't think It would take a little under a year to go through.

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I didn't think It would take a little under a year to go through.

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Sometimes it takes longer.

Oh ok.
Well it was worth a try. I was really hoping that I would have even the smallest little chance, but I guess the time frame could be a problem. Usually around here in my parish, legal acts don't take much longer than 2 or 3 months except when you're getting divorced, that takes 6 months to finalize.
Thanks anyway though.

Kris, timing aside, you wouldn't qualify anyway.

You need to prove that you are paying rent (market value in your area), utilities, food, medical care, car payment, transportation...and still make good grades.

Emancipation is not for teens who want to leave home early.

Yeah true, I understand fully. Even though I have been trying to take to steps necessary, I would have to have all that information and already be doing it all to be able to qualify.

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Quoting Dogmatique

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Emancipation is not for teens who want to leave home early.

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It's not that I want to leave, I would just like to not have everyone else's responsibilities on me. Instead of "Just worry about yourself, you'll be graduating in 2 school years," I get, "Did you do this, did you take ____ to school, Did you go get groceries?, Did you pay this fee or this thing."
I do understand what you mean though, and by all means I'm not arguing or asking for anyone's self pity, I'm just wondering why, if I can take care of a family of 6 at the age of 17, can't I be able to just live on my own and take care of myself?
I guess that's what I'm getting at.

Some people say, "It's the right thing to do," but even if some people may think so, I shouldn't have to financially and physically take care of adults and children both, or at least that's my view on it.

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I guess I'll just have to deal with it for the remaining time. I really don't like to complain, and I guess that's why I let them rely on me so much.

Now, that's a mature attitude. :)