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  • 03-29-2011, 06:45 AM
    blaster-chief
    Can I Be Emancipated So I Can Move Out to Massachusetts to Be with My Girlfriend
    My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Wisconsin

    So im a 15 year old, going to be 16 in a couple of weeks and was wondering if I can be emancipated so I can move out to Massachusetts to be with my 15 year old girlfriend, her parents could support me and really I believe could take me and and become my guardians. They are really super strict though and I'm not sure that even if I moved out there we would be allowed to see each other. My home life is really good and stable but I want to be with her and that would be reason enough to give it all up, or to have her come stay with my family. If that wouldn't be a good option is there any way that I can keep my parents and remain a minor but stay with her parents and go to a public school in her town, like it would be a foreign exchange trip for me, only it would be to a Massachusetts, not a different country. Any help you can give me will be very much appreciated.
  • 03-29-2011, 06:54 AM
    LawResearcherMissy
    Re: Can I Be Emancipated So I Can Move Out to Massachusetts to Be with My Girlfriend
    Nope. The state of Wisconsin does not have a formal mechanism by which minors can be emancipated.

    Even if it did...

    Emancipation is not about someone else supporting you. It's about you supporting yourself, 100%, without any help from anyone. If you are incapable of paying market rate rent, buying your own health insurance, your own car insurance, your own groceries and toiletries, pay your own utilities, and afford all the little emergencies that life tosses up at you, you are not a candidate for emancipation.

    Further, you need a good reason for emancipation. "Twue wuv 4 eva" is not a good reason. Rather, the court looks for reasons such as "Both of my parents are dead and I need the legal ability to enter into contracts so I can keep my home and keep the lights on.".
  • 03-29-2011, 07:01 AM
    cbg
    Re: Can I Be Emancipated So I Can Move Out to Massachusetts to Be with My Girlfriend
    Give up the idea right now. You don't have a prayer of being emancipated.

    1.) Emancipation means that you, and you alone, are capable of paying 100% of your own support. That means the market rate for rent, utilities, food, clothing, transportation, medical care, insurance, staples, school fees and supplies, and all the other incidentals of life. It does NOT mean that you live with your girlfriend's parents, or, for that matter, with any other friend or relative, and have them support you.

    2.) Emancipation is never, and I do mean NEVER, granted because your strict parents will not allow you to see your girlfriend. Even if you did have the means to support yourself, and you have not indicated that you do, that is not a valid reason that would be accepted by the judge.

    As far as moving out there without emancipation, ONLY if your parents agree to it. If you are looking for a means by which you can move to Massachusetts, or her to Wisconsin, regardless of the wishes of your parents, it isn't going to happen. Unless BOTH sets of parents are on board with the move, you'll both be staying exactly where you are until either your parents give permission or you turn 18.

    Do not even bother with the but-what-ifs and the no-I-meant's; the answer above will remain the same. There is NOTHING in the law that is going to force your parents, or hers, to allow either one of you to move out of state.
  • 03-29-2011, 07:21 AM
    flyingron
    Re: Can I Be Emancipated So I Can Move Out to Massachusetts to Be with My Girlfriend
    Specifically, the emancipation statutes are a recognition of an already EMANCIPATED MINOR. It allows those living independently to enter into certain contracts that would be denied them. It's not a procedure for breaking the "slavery" of parenthood.
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