Emancipation of a runaway 17-year-old

I am in Colorado Springs, Colorado. My daughter is 17 1/2. She has not came home and will not follow my rules. I need to do the tough love thing. How do I emancipate her to release myself from any obligations in case she gets in trouble with the law. I know she is doing very wrong things, but I need to let her know that I cannot watch her do this to herself anymore. Therefore I need to tell her to move out of my home. Believe me, I have tried everything. She has been on probation and diversion and has been released due to obeying all the contracts. She is now been gone for 2 days with the kids (18 and above) that she got in trouble with before. I can't stop her and am not willing to go through this pain with her again. This has been going on since the age of 13. I need to let her go. How can I emancipate her?

Here is a link from the CO courts that may help you.
http://www.courts.state.co.us/exec/pubed/listoflaws.htm
Have you reported her missing or as a runaway to the police?
Even if she is no longer on probation, perhaps the others are?

should I report her as a runaway?

I have been at that site, but it doesn't tell you how to emancipate her

Colorado does not appear to have a statutorily defined procedure for emancipation. It recognizes emancipation in its statutes:

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Quoting Colorado Code 19-1-103. Definitions

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(45) "Emancipated juvenile", as used in section 19-2-511, means a juvenile over fifteen years of age and under eighteen years of age who has, with the real or apparent assent of the juvenile's parents, demonstrated independence from the juvenile's parents in matters of care, custody, and earnings. The term may include, but shall not be limited to, any such juvenile who has the sole responsibility for the juvenile's own support, who is married, or who is in the military.

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I'm not sure that your daughter would qualify under all of those criteria, but you're in a better position to judge.

No, she doesn't fit. She did not show up at her work yesterday and I am waiting to see if she goes to school tomorrow. Is there any stipulations to emancipate due to unruly and I have no control of her staying home? She needs to learn what it is like out there! But I need to make sure that it does not jeapordize my employment.

I forgot to mention that I read something, before my computer crashed, about completing an Affidavit of Emancipation. I cannot find this affidavit.

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Quoting snshnchsr

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I forgot to mention that I read something, before my computer crashed, about completing an Affidavit of Emancipation. I cannot find this affidavit.

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Call the juvenile court in the morning and if she doesn't attend school in the morning report her truant, perhaps that will get the ball rolling.

thank you for your assistance

You are welcome.

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Quoting aaron

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Colorado does not appear to have a statutorily defined procedure for emancipation. It recognizes emancipation in its statutes:
I'm not sure that your daughter would qualify under all of those criteria, but you're in a better position to judge.

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Are there any parental rights to emancipate?

You're the parent. You should know if your parental rights have been terminated.

What do you mean? Everything on here is from kids wanting to be emancipated. I am looking for the right to emancipate my child for being out of control and I need to let her go to see how it is out there.

I don't understand your question then. If you have parental rights, then you have parental rights.

Can a parent by law, emancipate a child due to being out of control?

I also found this:

Under the Juvenile Act a minor can be found dependent if he or she “has committed acts or acts of habitual disobedience of the reasonable and lawful commands of his parent, guardian or other custodian and who is ungovernable and found to be in need of care, treatment or supervision.” 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. §6302 (1996).

Are you suggesting ths young man be disobient and or unlawful so his parents will allow him to leave!? Where I support the Father seeing his child and being part of child's life I do not support the idea of breaking up one family to form another!

That law appears to empower a juvenile court to make a problem teen a ward of the court.

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This is a young lady who has never had contact from her father or support. It is just she and I and I am trying to find out if I should just let her go out in the world to understand that it is not fun. Especially in the world that she wants to live in. I have sent her to therapy, had the courts intervene, changed her schools.... you name it. Believe me, I do not want to see her do this, but not sure what is left.

Aaron,

Thank you again for your help. I thought it was meant as a ward of the court issue.