Can I Be Emancipated

I would like to be emancipated, I currently reside in st.louis MO with my mother, my parents were divorced roughly two years ago; granted they both have sole custody, I choose if and when I want to go see my father. I have been way past my tolerance line for over two years now, since ive lived with my mom she has gotten worse and worse, I cant manage to move forward in my life with her around. She tells me to get a job because "things cost money James" (and just a side note, she always says this when im asking for an essential, like a lanyard for my school ID because mine has broken, etc) I said, sure! I would be happy to do so, I already had a microsoft store and target tech department wanting to hire me up in Kansas City KS but I was only 16 at the time (I was there on vacation). But then she tells me "just dont take shifts on weekends because my plans with Kerry (her boyfriend) are often sporadic." My though is, you had a child, I should give you my work schedule and you should work around it until I can afford a car, Of course I would need to be reasonable, if there is a one time thing she really wants to do then I would either find someone else to take me or see if someone can take my shift. Its things like this all the time, I have since been talking to the school councilor about emancipation, there is a lot that she agreed with me on, and I plan to talk to her and the officer on monday (tomorrow).

My mom agreed when I talked to her the other night (mainly because I could prove practically everything she said to me was a lie, she was lying to me about everything she said to my face, and I made sure she knew I was aware.) she told me if I could find a place to stay, a friends house, and do that for a month, then she would let me to a trial period. And if I still want to go through with it then we can talk. My plan is to live with my friend until the beginning of next semester, so after the summer. Then august 6th I will be 18 and I will have some cash saved up at that point. I would take pos (a school for kids behind credit that my current hs offers, since after all i should graduate this year... but its not happening) this would allow me to get out of school around 12 instead of 2:30 That gives me a little more time to try and squeeze in a full time job, of course that gives me my own health insurance, gets a little more cash in the pocket, etc. AFter the end of the summer, when that next semester starts around August 12th, whatever it may be. I will be moving in with my friend Alex, we will go apartment hunting and I will be there for a year or two. then my plan would be to move in with my friend in Wichita KS, she is about 22, 23 at this point and she did the same exact thing I did at this age. So it would be smart for me to go to her, she already said she is happy to help me get on my feet.


There is a lot that goes into this, a lot more detail. but in short it is impossible for me to deal with my mother with they way she holds me back from doing what I need to do, keeping me out of the loop, etc. Example: I was on vacation with one of her friends, and her friend told me.. "you diddnt know? the divorce between your mom and dad ended two months ago, and its joint custody." I just looked at her, astonished that my mother would tell her friends first, when she knew I was getting insomnia and developing chrones at the stress of not knowing what the outcome would be. But like I said, I wont type up all the examples, no point on writing you a novelette. So in short my two questions are:

1.) Can I get emancipated at this age, and if not..
2.) Can I at least leave without her consent and still sign off on my own school papers, be responsible for loosing text books, etc. Without the process of emancipation. If I were to just leave, I don't want her to still be responsible for me. And of course I would have to bring all this by my father also, and im not sure he will let me doing since I left him to live with my mom and he will hold it over my head. That is where the largest wall will be, my stubborn father.



~thank you in advance, James.


ps: I know what im getting into, I have a lot more planned out then what ive written above and I have many, many fallbacks for all this.

Read this. Do you meet any of the requirements?

You have to be fully self-sufficient to be emancipated. Pay your own rent, live alone, buy your own food, pay your own utilities....

You won't have a full-time job due to Child Labor laws. You are restricted to a certain number of hours between school and work, usually 48. Since you are behind on school credits, you should be concentrating on school, period.

You should read that other thread, as well. ;) She needs to prove that her parents have given her permission (express or implied) to move out, that she's legally married, or that she's an active duty member of the military (or a similar change in life circumstances, whatever that might be).