Am I Able to Get Emancipated

No, you don't.

Let me clarify :)

In your State, your preference and aging up are not considered a significant change of circumstance. Now if something has changed, at your age your wishes would likely carry at least some weight.

But you wanting to live elsewhere is not, by itself, a reason to modify custody.

No, you don't. Not until you are 18. Not 17, 18.

Now, if Mom gives you permission to go live with Dad, fine. But as long as you are even one minute under 18, even in Missouri, you live where your parents say you live.

And if you are not living on your own AND are able to show the judge a budget showing your earnings and how you are able to pay for rent (market rate, not a token for living in someone's spare bedroom); food; clothing; utilities; medical care; transportation; insurance; staples; college tuition, fees, and other costs; and all the other incidentals of life, you're wasting your time (and the judge's time, which will not work in your favor) even THINKING about emancipation.

And how long would that sorta process take.

Which process? A change in custody? Probably several months, depending on the court calendar.

Emancipation? Unless that job you're interviewing for pays something on the order of $45 an hour, you'll be 18 long before you qualify even if you get the job and even if BOTH your parents give you permission to move out on your own.

A change in custody? If the other parent contests? You'll likely be over 18 by the time it's all sorted out.

But again, it's likely moot. Your aging up and your change in preference do not in and of themselves constitute the REQUIRED change of circumstance.

Why do i have to make $45 an hour. If i work 40 hours a week, and am making $9-$10 an hour than forsure i can financially support myself.

And because of my age is the court more likely to grant my wishes if i am wanting to live with my father.

You forget that your reason was to attend college. If you take a full schedule, you will be committing to 40 hours there also. At 16, successfully managing an 80 hour week is unreasonable.

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Why do i have to make $45 an hour. If i work 40 hours a week, and am making $9-$10 an hour than forsure i can financially support myself.

And because of my age is the court more likely to grant my wishes if i am wanting to live with my father.

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Why do i have to make $45 an hour. If i work 40 hours a week, and am making $9-$10 an hour than forsure i can financially support myself.

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No, you can't. That's little more than min. wage. What's going to happen with your schooling in the meantime?

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And because of my age is the court more likely to grant my wishes if i am wanting to live with my father.

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Did you not read what I wrote earlier?

Your wishes will not matter UNTIL there is a change in your circumstances.

You have no idea how much it costs to support yourself. There's no way you can do it on $9 an hour.

I don't know what part of Missouri you are in, but looking about the state randomly the average going rate for you to rent a room - that's just a single room in someone's house, sharing their kitchen and common areas, which may or may not include utilities and may or may not even have a private bathroom, is going for somewhere in the neighborhood of $400 a month. That means it would take close to half your income (after taxes) at 40 hours a week just to pay your rent, with everything else piled on top of that. There is NO WAY a judge is going to agree that is sufficient income to emancipate a minor, particularly one who does not have a valid reason to need it. $45 an hour was a deliberate exaggeration, but you CANNOT be emancipated on a minimum wage job.

And before you ask, a valid reason for emancipation is, "My parents were killed in a car crash and I need the legal protection to have keep the lights on and have the least put into my name". "I don't like living with my mom" is not and never will be considered a valid reason to emancipate a minor.