How Do You Support Yourself Financially After Emancipation

My question involves juvenile law in the State of: New York.
Well I am 14 and I want to be emancipated. I won't get into why I want to but all I know is that I CAN function as an adult. I turn 15 in 2 months and I am doing very well in school. I am very independant. My mother often forgets to feed me so I cook for myself. I do my own laundry and can clean aswell. I have a steady job and work about 18 hours in 2 weeks. So I make around$ 300 a month. I want to move into an efficiency apartment but I can't afford it even if I were to work more because I still need to go to school. I plan on asking a friend to move in with me so that we can split the bills but I'll still need more to pay my bills and rent.
How will I get by?

Emancipation is not the procedure to escape your parents. It's recognition of someone who is already demonstrating he is living apart to get relief from the disability of being able to sign contracts, etc.... If your mother can not provide care for you, the solution is an alternative placement or other intervention NOT turning you out on your own. NY will not consider emancipation for someone under 16, nor in the case you describe regardless of your age.

How will I get by?

Simple answer - you don't need to worrry about it because it isn't going to happen. You cannot legally move out without parental permission at 14, nor yet at 15. It is quite unlikely that even at 16 or 17, let alone 14 or 15, you will have trouble finding a landlord that will rent to you. It doesn't matter how well you think you can function as an adult - the very fact that you think this is a viable option at your age is proof that you are not as adult as you believe yourself to be. You won't believe me now - you don't need to bother with the response that I don't know you and everyone is being judgmental and you're much more mature than your peers - we've seen it all before. Just remember what you posted here and come back five or six years from now and tell us what you think then.

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How will I get by?

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the point the others were making:

if you have to ask: How will I get by?

You are not eligible for emancipation. You have to have already figured out how you will get by to be emancipated.

By the way, if you were hoping that any of the above answers would include the words "the state will provide you with X", you are terribly mistaken.

If you can't figure out how to get by, the judge won't provide you with a way. If you are saying, "Wow, it would be almost impossible to become emancipated if I have to pay for everything myself", you are completely correct. It IS almost impossible. Working less than 40 hours a MONTH isn't going to even come close.

So, what is going on at home that is so terrible you wish to leave?

Well I hadn't really thought about all of this. I've just been trying to get all my information together. I suppose I'll just run away at 16 and come back after a while. I know that it's a very immature back-up plan but I don't know what to do anymore. For those of you who claimed I was not mature- I am very mature for my age. Of course I don't have wisdom like you guys but I will one day (sooner than you think). I may have not have wanted to hear it but I needed to. Thank you to everyone who has responded to my plee.

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Well I hadn't really thought about all of this. I've just been trying to get all my information together. I suppose I'll just run away at 16 and come back after a while. I know that it's a very immature back-up plan but I don't know what to do anymore. For those of you who claimed I was not mature- I am very mature for my age. Of course I don't have wisdom like you guys but I will one day (sooner than you think). I may have not have wanted to hear it but I needed to. Thank you to everyone who has responded to my plee.

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You say you are mature... but when faced with the financial reality of what emancipation means, you say you will just run away. Why would you think that 1) things would be better if you ran away rather than seek emancipation; 2) that you won't be dragged back to your parents home; or 3) that running away is the way to insure your future?

We can help you with options if you tell us what the problems at home are. Running away is not the answer.

And how do you suppose that running away is going to solve the problem?

You still won't be able to rent an apartment because you'll still be too young and any landlord will want to get a parental signature. If you try to move in with a friend, that friend's family can face legal charges for letting you live there. The cops and/or your parents can track you down (what, you don't think they know where you work - or where you go to school?) can come get you and drag you back home against your will - and won't that make life even more pleasant once you get there? Even if you drop out of school, under NY laws you can STILL only work a minimum of 48 hours per week; as a drop out you'll at best be able to get a minimum wage job, and you can't support yourself on that. Trust me. You can't.

You may be very mature for your age (see, didn't I tell you you'd say that?) but frankly, even that isn't very mature. Not at 14. And a plan to run away from home just proves my point.

Simple, police don't look for runaways 16 and older. I'll escape for a summer then come back. I'm not here to fight. My decision is made.

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Simple, police don't look for runaways 16 and older. I'll escape for a summer then come back. I'm not here to fight. My decision is made.

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really?

I suspect you had best make sure your parents know you are running away and weren't kidnapped. The police do look for kidnapped children.



edit: glad to see that maturity you were claiming is showing through.

(yes, that is sarcasm)