Emancipation at 17 in Illinois
My question involves juvenile law in the State of: Illinois
im a 17 year old girl who was forced to grow up way too fast. It started when I was younger, I was molested at the age of 2 by multiple men under my mothers care. it wasn't her fault but cps took me away from her and sent me to my grandmothers house on my fathers side. My father couldn't get custody of me because he was in prison at the time and has been in and out my whole life. My other grandmother couldn't take me because one of the men that molested me was her boyfriend who was living with her. Proof was never found on any of the men except the youngest. However, when I was living with my grandmother, one of her foster sons would touch me too. In time, I was sent back to my mother. My mother was 14 years old when she had me. She was a good parent for the most part, until she broke up with the father of my two little brothers. Then multiple men began coming in and out sleeping with her. I was about 9 at the time and I already knew what was going on in her room. We didn't start arguing bad until I was about 10. I would play outside with the boys in my neighborhood because I was a tomboy. I didn't even like boys yet. But if she got mad she would begin to call me a slut and a whore and say I wanted to **** the little boys outside. Eventually we moved to Tennessee with her boyfriend who called himself mr.sixx, (she had met him on the internet, picked him up from champaigne, and moved him into our house the same day.) the first guy she met off of the internet, not too long before this one was married so of course that didn't work out. once we got to Tennessee we lived in a trailer. she would either be at work or locked in her bedroom since her boyfriend beat her. We used to have to ask his permission to eat food in the house. we only stayed in Tennessee for 6 months because my grandfather passed away, so we moved back. once we moved back that's when her midlife crisis happened. she would have parties with over 30 men in the house, she would take extacy and drank every night. her boyfriend then was a male prostitute :confused: . things got worse and I began to drink as well. she never payed attention so she never knew until my problem was bad. I was only 13 at the time. she tried to parent but it was hard to listen because I was watching her do the same things she was telling me not to do . she eventually got with her craziest boyfriend of all and all the partying stopped. she kept him around for 2 years. They got into a huge fight one day and he drove 70 miles upa residential street almost killing us. That same day I told my mother I wasn't safe with him there and I wanted him gone. She came upstairs and began punching herself in the head saying you really don't want me to be happy? is this what you want? until I cried and took it back. the story keeps going and going. I have recently moved my things out of her house into my fathers house who I didn't really know. but hes just as bad as her. so now im moving into my grandmothers. I have a stable job but I don't make a lot of money. I can easily get another though and make plenty. I don't even have the grades because this year my mother had me stay home a lot because she broke her leg in three placed right before school started. she couldn't even use the restroom so she required a lot of assistance. once her leg healed I still missed school due to severe medical issues. she never took me to a primary physician so my gynecologist couldn't do much for my pain. ive not even been to the dentist since I was 8. I just don't want to go to a foster home since I will be 18 in 7 months and I don't want to go to my father or my grandmother because im not comfortable. I literally have no other family to stay with besides my uncle who has his hands full with two babies. is there ANYTHING I can do? please? I also have a somewhat family member who will pay the down payment on an apartment as long as I can pay rent. my plan is to live in my own apartment until I graduate school (still with a scholars diploma even with average grades). then im going to move to Chicago and go to DePaul university. after that im going to medical school to become a surgeon. once Im a surgeon, I want to pick the neonatal department so I can give women the chance to have a family. I can save lives and that is my dream. im a very bright girl and im not some idiot teen whos just trying to get out of moms o I can do whatever I want. even on my own, I know I have things to do. I began raising my little brother when he was born because my other little brother was a year and 9 months. my mom was single so she needed the help. once she had her midlife crisis, both little brothers became my responsibility and I became a mother. Even though my mom is finally financially doing good for herself, she still verbally abuses me and doesn't like it any other way but hers. we cannot get along and she doesn't want me back at home. so can someone please let me know something I can do besides call cps? they wont be able to do anything but foster care and im afraid of that especially since ill be 18 very soon. I need some sort of loop hole or suggestion please. im capable of being on my own. they can even put me on a probation meaning not missing one day of school, great grades, and paying my rent on time. I will do whatever it takes I just need to get away. theres only so much a person can handle in one lifetime. and I am at my breaking point :grumpy:
Re: Emancipation at 17 in Illinois
Re: Emancipation at 17 in Illinois
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How soon will you be 18?
December 2nd
Re: Emancipation at 17 in Illinois
Even if you met the requirements, which you don't, I doubt if you'd get on the court docket by that time.