In State Custody and Want to Get Emancipated

My question involves juvenile law in the State of: West Virginia

I am 17 year old and will be 18 in November I'm currently in state custody but I've been living with my fiance for the past 6 months. He has a job and is able to support me. How do I go about getting emancipated or married? The state is talking about removing me from the home and placing me in a group home, but I haven't done anything wrong to cause this. I really need help/advice or a good lawyer willing to help.

Trading sex for food, clothing and shelter is not advocated by the government unless you are over 18 and the acceptance is tacit. It appears your bed buddy will be warming his bed with someone else until you reach 18. No one is going to waste their time taking a hopeless case that would not be through the court system until you are 18 anyway. If he really loved you, he would get a second job to hire a lawyer for you.

How can you be both "in state custody" and living with your boyfriend? Did you run away from your placement?

I believe the inference was they picked her up from her bed buddy and put her into a foster home.

Isn't going to happen. You're not paying 100% of your own expenses so you're not eligible for emancipation. You cannot get married in your state (or any other state, either) at the age of 17 without permission of your parent or legal guardian, the court, or both.

I was never placed anywhere I was already living with him before my mother lost custody of me to the state. I have to stay at his moms house over night but the state is still talking about removing me from the home, but I'm not a bad kid. I have good grades and rarely miss school, all I want to do is be able to stay where I'm living because this is the most stable I have been in my life.

You're STILL not going to be emancipated (you don't come even close to qualifying) and you cannot be married at 17 without the permission of your legal guardians. It doesn't matter how good a kid you are; the law doesn't change for good kids.

What do I need to do in order to qualify?

An income sufficient to prove to the judge that you are capable of paying 100% of what it costs to support you. That means you are pay the market rent in your area, utilities, clothing, food, transportation, medical care, insurance, staples, school fees and supplies, and all the other incidentals of life, alone and unassisted. In most states you need a proven history of supporting yourself as well.

You don't get emancipated so that someone else can support you. On the exceedingly rare instances that a minor is emancipated, it is to provide legal protections to minors who are ALREADY living on their own and supporting themselves.

I've been taking care of myself without help of anyone for four years until this past 6months when my fiancé told me to start coming back to school while he works