Emancipation of a Minor in Kentucky

I am currently 17 years old and I live under the custody of my father and stepmother. I didn't start living with them until July, and that was because my mother was going to give me up to be a Ward of the State. My stepmother and my father are not fit to take care of me. My father is never home due to work. My stepmother just lays around and forces my brothers and I to do things for her. Our current, and only, car is getting ready to break down. They don't take care of us. We have no water at the moment, if we miss the bus they refuse to take us to school, my stepmom read all of my journals and letters out loud in front of the family and caused me to have a panic attack (and told me it was for my own good), I had to file my FAFSA for school under my mother because my dad couldn't even find his taxes, etc. I already have a place lined up to live in the county I live in, so I can finish school here. My parents agree this is the best plan. My stepmom is just constantly telling me she doesn't want me here. I don't have a job right now, because they won't allow me to have one, but I plan to get one asap after emancipation. I have been in therapy and on medication since I was younger due to problems and when I moved in with them, they took me off of it and out of it without asking anyone, including me. Which has taken a huge toll on me mentally. I have asked them to let me move out and they refused. The only way they will allow me to leave is through emancipation.
Do you think that I would be granted emancipation? What all do I need to do to ensure I am granted emancipation?

If your custodial parent gives you permission to move out, you don't need to be emancipated. Which is a good thing for you because nothing you have posted is even close to a valid case for emancipation.

And, btw, no. Based on what you have posted even if your reasons were valid, which they are not, your petition would fail. No minor yet has ever achieved emancipation without the means to support themselves. Don't have a job, before you petition the court, that is sufficient to pay ALL your own expenses while still going to school and getting better than average grades? No emancipation for you.

The only way that they will allow me to move out is through emancipation.

Then you won't be moving out. You don't meet the requirements for emancipation.

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Quoting ElizabethEden

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The only way that they will allow me to move out is through emancipation.

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Then deal with it until you are 18.

you would have to prove that you can support yourself and if im not mistaken then you would have to have been supporting yourself for a few months. im in the process of trying to get emancipated now and its not easy. i work two jobs, go to school, and am about to be getting my own place at 16. its hard. but you can call social services and get removed if it is proven that your parents are unfit.

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and you dont need to be hurting peoples hopes to get out of a bad enviroment.

They are not hurting people's hopes, just telling them reality.

Get a job. Go get your GED or walk to school..... Save your money. The day you turn 18 you can move, but....

You need a budget. Rent, utilities (water, trash, sewer, electric). Food. Staples (things like deodorant, shampoo, laundry detergent, bath soap, hand soap, toothpaste......). Don't forget things like plates, cookware, utensils. Bath towels.

Transportation....how will you get a job? There are people that walk, ride a public bus, or ride a bike.....

Next thing: You don't have credit. Got someone to co-sign for that apartment? Don't forget the money for the deposit on the apartment (which can often be first months, last months, and an extra month for a deposit).

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Quoting selenaelaine

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and you dont need to be hurting peoples hopes to get out of a bad enviroment.

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Oh, you think it would be better for us to encourage her to continue thinking a court is going to approve her emancipation when we know they won't?

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Quoting cbg

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Oh, you think it would be better for us to encourage her to continue thinking a court is going to approve her emancipation when we know they won't?

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no, but you can tell her other ways that she can get out of a bad environment.

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you would have to prove that you can support yourself and if im not mistaken then you would have to have been supporting yourself for a few months. im in the process of trying to get emancipated now and its not easy. i work two jobs, go to school, and am about to be getting my own place at 16. its hard. but you can call social services and get removed if it is proven that your parents are unfit.

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and you dont need to be hurting peoples hopes to get out of a bad enviroment.

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Where are you located?