Can I Get Emancipated if My Custodial Parent is Mentally Ill
My question involves juvenile law in the State of: New York.
I should probably begin by telling you that when I was 6 or 7, My parents split up and divorced. My father was arrested on domestic violence charges. He's had a number of wives, girlfriends, and fiancees since. He's been arrested twice for domestic violence. When my parents had split up, my mother of course was given custody/placement of me. When I was 11 or 12, I was forced by my father to lie about my mother and her boyfriend. I was forced to make statements to Child Protective Services, the local Sherrifs' department, and in court to a judge. My father was awarded custody and placement. It wasn't bad at first, because my father understood me. He was really good at making me feel better, making me happy, and overall just knowing what I needed. But then, his mental illness took over. He was diagnosed with Bipolar, paranoia, and agoraphobia. His Bipolar allows him to switch from happiness to rage or anger immediately. He's hit me becasue of it, though I cannot prove it. His paranoia forces me to live in a state of constant and unnecessary "fear", in order to please his demands. I am supposed to be everso cautious of people and their "ulterior motives". His fear of people, or Agoraphobia, causes him to hardly ever leaeve home and do nothing but use his computer or my Xbox. Additionally, He has (AGAIN, I cannot prove any of it.) hit his girlfriend in front of me, used Marijuana in front of me, and there are pills in a pill bottle in his girlfriends purse that has the label blacked out. I cannot return to my mother's because of my previous allegations. WHAT DO I DO?
Re: Can I Get Emancipated if My Custodial Parent is Mentally Ill
You already know how to get in touch with child protective services. If you are being neglected, they are there to help. If you choose, you can try to clear up what happened last time around.
Re: Can I Get Emancipated if My Custodial Parent is Mentally Ill
And to answer your subject heading question, no. Emancipation is not and never was intended to be a means to take a minor out of a bad situation. It was and is intended to be a means to provide legal protections to those minors who, for reasons outside their control, found themselves living alone.