Emancipation at 16

My question involves juvenile law in the State of: MO. I am considering filing for emancipation. I'm going to school full time and making around 1,200 a month (600+) every two weeks. Do you believe i have a reliable source of money? I will not have the expense of rent or other house expences for the fact that i plan on living with a familly that has already confirmed that i can. I'm not in a very good situation with my parents. I'm a big kid, i can handle what everyone has to say as to what they think. Thanks!

Can you afford market rent, utilities, food, health insurance, all of that by yourself (for example, if the family you want to live with suddenly changes their mind or something drastic happens to them)?

I believe so. I am also having help from my biological father. What do you think? Do you think i'm making enough?

Living with someone else who pays the mortgage and utilities while you pay a token rent is not considered being self-sufficient for emancipation purposes. So, no.

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Quoting lookforhope

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I believe so. I am also having help from my biological father. What do you think? Do you think i'm making enough?

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What would happen if he - heaven forbid - dies?

That is very true.

If you want to convince me that you are a responsible adult, not a child, one step would be to follow the forum instruction to read the stickied threads rather than wasting our time with questions that have already been answered.

When you read this thread, which you surely did before posting even if you forgot to mention anything relevant to emancipation in your initial post (:rolleyes:), what was it that made you conclude that you might be eligible to emancipate? You didn't mention marriage, you're too young to be in the military... you're expecting parental consent?