Can a Child Get Emancipated if a Stepparent is Mean

My question involves juvenile law in the State of: Emancipation.

Hello, I have a few questions. I am turning 14 soon and i was look for an emancipation. Lately i feel neglected and i was hoping you could give me legal advice. My Step-Father is always telling me how i have such a nasty attitude and how badly he wants to kick me out. My sister gets away with just about anything, i get yelled at for just about anything she does wrong. My mom see's this going on but seems to not be taking care of it. I understand under the Florida law that you must be at least 16 to get emancipation but what if you have somewhere to go and someone to support you? I don't want to live with my real dad because of my Step-Mother. She threatened to have me put in the nut house cause i get rude with her. My dad didnt do anything about it. My Grandmother also has been treating me very nastily. Whenever i say something to her she always yells at me and says that i have no reason to give her attitude. It feels as if no one is there for me other than my friends. My question is, what if you have a friend who's family is willing to take you and is able to support you? How would one go about that? I need to know because I need to get out of my family. I've been so stressed lately that I feel sick most of the time.:confused::numbness:

You have no chance of emancipation. You do not even have a case for removal into the foster system.

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Quoting skittles<3'syou

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My question involves juvenile law in the State of: Emancipation.

Hello, I have a few questions. I am turning 14 soon and i was look for an emancipation. Lately i feel neglected and i was hoping you could give me legal advice. My Step-Father is always telling me how i have such a nasty attitude and how badly he wants to kick me out. My sister gets away with just about anything, i get yelled at for just about anything she does wrong. My mom see's this going on but seems to not be taking care of it. I understand under the Florida law that you must be at least 16 to get emancipation but what if you have somewhere to go and someone to support you? I don't want to live with my real dad because of my Step-Mother. She threatened to have me put in the nut house cause i get rude with her. My dad didnt do anything about it. My Grandmother also has been treating me very nastily. Whenever i say something to her she always yells at me and says that i have no reason to give her attitude. It feels as if no one is there for me other than my friends. My question is, what if you have a friend who's family is willing to take you and is able to support you? How would one go about that? I need to know because I need to get out of my family. I've been so stressed lately that I feel sick most of the time.:confused::numbness:

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Let me point out some problems here.

In Florida, an emancipation petition must be filed by THE PARENTS and Florida will not even glance at a petition filed for a 13, 14 or 15 year old. Period, End of story.

You're 13 - you're at a stage in your life where it's very easy to buck authority and think the world is against you.

Despite what you learned of the word in fifth grade history, emancipation is not a procedure for escaping parental enslavement. It is a recognition of an independent minor that they need legal relief from certain things they can't do like entering into contracts. Having to have someone else support you is the antithesis of emancipation.

Being mean is what some people call good parenting. If things rise to the level of abuse, we put children in alternative custodial placement (be it other family members, foster care, etc...).

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Quoting flyingron

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Despite what you learned of the word in fifth grade history, emancipation is not a procedure for escaping parental enslavement. It is a recognition of an independent minor that they need legal relief from certain things they can't do like entering into contracts. Having to have someone else support you is the antithesis of emancipation.

Being mean is what some people call good parenting. If things rise to the level of abuse, we put children in alternative custodial placement (be it other family members, foster care, etc...).

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WAVES HANDS. That'd be me! Our girlies are grown-ups, and sometimes I'm still old Meany McMean (winner of last year's Mrs. Mean contest). I have to be. And they know it.

:D

Let's do a little math here:

Step-dad says you have a nasty attitude.
Step-mom says you have a nasty attitude.
Grandmother says you have no reason to give her an attitude.

Me thinks the problem is not with them....it's with YOU.

Change your attitude....they may seem a lot nicer to you....

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Quoting PandorasBox

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Let's do a little math here:

Step-dad says you have a nasty attitude.
Step-mom says you have a nasty attitude.
Grandmother says you have no reason to give her an attitude.

Me thinks the problem is not with them....it's with YOU.

Change your attitude....they may seem a lot nicer to you....

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It does seem that OP is the common denominator, doesn't it?

Yes, it certainly does.

Let's look at the original post:

Hello, I have a few questions. I am turning 14 soon and i was look for an emancipation. Lately i feel neglected and i was hoping you could give me legal advice. My Step-Father is always telling me how i have such a nasty attitude and how badly he wants to kick me out. My sister gets away with just about anything, i get yelled at for just about anything she does wrong. My mom see's this going on but seems to not be taking care of it. I understand under the Florida law that you must be at least 16 to get emancipation but what if you have somewhere to go and someone to support you? I don't want to live with my real dad because of my Step-Mother. She threatened to have me put in the nut house cause i get rude with her. My dad didnt do anything about it. My Grandmother also has been treating me very nastily. Whenever i say something to her she always yells at me and says that i have no reason to give her attitude. It feels as if no one is there for me other than my friends. My question is, what if you have a friend who's family is willing to take you and is able to support you? How would one go about that? I need to know because I need to get out of my family. I've been so stressed lately that I feel sick most of the time

Then of course, you have the underlined passages too.

Sorry kiddo....just being honest with you. You need to talk to a School Counselor.

Just a "ditto" to the previous posts.

Also, I want to point out that if you decide to run away from home and give these friends or acquaintances a sob story and they take you in, THEY can be subject to prosecution (that means they can be arrested, charged, prosecuted and convicted) for aiding you in your delinquent acts. So, if these people who are willing to take you in are truly friends of yours, you shouldn't consider taking off to go stay with them.

And let's just say your BFF "judy" sneaks you into the house and her parents find you (and don't immediately call your parents/the police), her parents can face criminal charges also, and your BFF can go to Juvenile Detention or Foster Care while her parents are in jail....