How Do I Get Emancipated

My question involves child support in the State of: Washington

Hello, my name is ***** and I was wondering how to get emancipated in the state of Washington.

Through out my life I've tripped and got hurt, yesterday I tripped and hurt my left leg pretty bad. Iam only 15 now but will be 16 in June is there a way I can get a job and get money so by time I were to become 16 I can get emancipated? Or is there anyway I could get emancipated at 15? I really need it, it'll help so much. Iam tired of tripping all the time, and all my friends said I should get emancipated I don't know what to do...

And I couldin't really find the topic on how or where to get emancipated in WA so I just posted here... sorry I wont make the mistake again.

If you live in King County and are FULLY self-supporting, AND the court finds you mature enough, your chances are roughly between 1-3%.

If you live in any other county, your chances are around 1% at best.

But I'm not understanding why you need to become emancipated. What, because you're clumsy?

In Washington state, it is very easy to become emancipated. Turn 18 and it happens automatically. As clumsy as you appear to be, I suggest you start wearing a dog training suit to protect you from injury.

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If you live in King County and are FULLY self-supporting, AND the court finds you mature enough, your chances are roughly between 1-3%.

If you live in any other county, your chances are around 1% at best.

But I'm not understanding why you need to become emancipated. What, because you're clumsy?

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It is not because Iam clumsy, I prefer not to talk about it .

Then how the heck do you expect us to answer?

Not that it likely matters. You evidently don't qualify, period.

And before you go there, these are not reasons in WA to become emancipated:

To live with your boyfriend/girlfriend or his/her parents.

To live rent-free with a relative.

Because "all your friends" are doing it.

Because you're being abused.

There IS recourse for that last one - but emancipation isn't it.

What you need to understand is that it doesn't matter how bad your home life is. They could be beating you, starving you and locking you out of the house in a blinding snowstorm dressed only in your underwear, and unless you were capable of complete and total self-support, you would not be emancipated. They might put you in foster care or a group home, but they would not emancipate you.

By complete and total self-support, I mean that you have the means to pay every single penny of the market rate for rent, utilities, food, clothing, transportation, medical care, insurance, staples, school fees and supplies, and all the other incidentals of life; alone and unassisted. And all the while you are earning the money to pay for this (during only the hours that your state allows minors to work) you are still making better than average grades in school.

Sound difficult? Good. It's supposed to.

Emancipation is not and never was intended to be a way for minors to leave a bad situation. It was and is intended to be a means to provide legal protections to those minors who, through circumstances outside their own control, found themselves living on their own.

If you are in a bad or abusive situation there are means to protect you. Those means do not include emancipation. Not unless you meet ALL the qualifications. Being in a bad home isn't even on the list.

Iam practically living on my own, I pay for clothes my food almost everything I misewell live on my own, and school I cannot work on not at all not in this house. Threw out 2 years of high school I missed around 120 days of school I need some place where I can actually concentrate on school, I've resorted to online schooling at that and still cant do any schooling I've been supporting myself my whole life pretty much my dad gone from 7am to 10pm my mom gone from 5am to 11pm there probaly getting a devorce soon so I'll have to live with either or and that will just mean Iam on my own even more then now. The best possible situation Is to find a supporting job before I join the military or join Police academy, and get my own apartment and continue living on my own.

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I dont have a single friend or know anyone that is doing this emancipated thing but it was suggested by a friend because of how independent I already am. I make my own food, do my own laundry, pay for everything I have food, clothes. Only thing I dont pay for will be an apartment which I can get a job for soon so I can support that.

No, you're not practically living on your own.

And if you've missed 120 days of school you've just GUARANTEED that you won't be emancipated. And if you've missed SIXTY DAYS of schooling PER YEAR (unexcused absences) I do find it difficult to believe that someone, somewhere, hasn't investigated. Remember, I live in WA.


You haven't been supporting yourself. Who's paying the rent/mortgage? The utilities? Transportation? Look, we're not trying to be mean here but you have two options. If you're honestly being neglected then you call CPS. If not, you stay put. It really is that simple.

There all excused absences ohwell emancipation was my last hope in anything anymore no where else to turn...

And the reason you haven't called CPS is...?