Can You Get Emancipation in Florida Without Approval of Parents

I live in Florida and I'm planing on getting emancipated this summer, im 17 years old and i work, I buy everything for myself. I'm suffering from depression, my mother and her boyfriend both made it very clear that they don't care about me being happy, I've tried to talk to them about letting me go back to Chicago to live with my father and if not him then I have somewhere else to go, but it comes to my attention that Florida doesn't allow emancipation if the parents don't agree to it, I know my mother mostly her boyfriend would not let me leave, I've proven to be a non factor in this house, they are verbally and mentally abusive and I'm trying to find out if there is any other way for me to leave

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Quoting ariel224

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I live in Florida and I'm planing on getting emancipated this summer, im 17 years old and i work, I buy everything for myself. I'm suffering from depression, my mother and her boyfriend both made it very clear that they don't care about me being happy, I've tried to talk to them about letting me go back to Chicago to live with my father and if not him then I have somewhere else to go, but it comes to my attention that Florida doesn't allow emancipation if the parents don't agree to it, I know my mother mostly her boyfriend would not let me leave, I've proven to be a non factor in this house, they are verbally and mentally abusive and I'm trying to find out if there is any other way for me to leave

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Not through emancipation, that much is certain.

You also have to realize that we're halfway through April and because the state tries to look for reasons to deny a petition, they will often schedule the hearing several months down the line.

You can leave on the earlier of the following two dates:

1.) The day your parents give you permission to leave

2.) Your 18th birthday.

That's it. No other options.

If they really are mentally and verbally abusive, Child services is your best bet. Even if you are 17.
They could work out a deal with your mom to let you stay with your father till you are 18.
Your mom's BF has zero say in any of this - if that's really all he is.

http://www.myflfamilies.com/service-...estic-violence

Or as said earlier, just hold on till you are 18 and then catapult yourself out of that household.

There isn't a teenager alive who doesn't believe they are being mentally, emotionally and verbally abused. That's not going to cut any ice with Child Services.

That may very well be true.
But I would not consider this platform the appropriate venue to make that judgement.
I am intrigued as to how someone could know whether abuse is or is not taking place based on a single post. Some individuals exaggerate the magnitude of their distress. Some understate it.

Right back atcha.

But the odds are in my favor.

Because there is NOTHING in the original post that even hints at anything that child services would need to investigate. There's not going to be action for verbal abuse. That's not how things work, nor how they're supposed to work. They're also not going to take any action regarding mental abuse UNLESS that mental abuse is part of something BIGGER, such as sexual or criminal activity, or, has elements of neglect, none of which are indicated by the OP.

It's important to understand what actions child protective personnel can take, and under what circumstances. A 17 year old complaining of depression because their parents "don't care about me being happy" is par for the course for being a teenager and nowhere in the REALM of needing to burden child protection personnel who have ACTUAL abuse cases that NEED their intervention.

The responsible referral here is to both a school counselor and to the OP's family physician, both of whom may be able to provide support, evalution, and followup for potential emotional issues and depression.

Admittedly, it could all be nothing more than ranting.

And the odds are strongly in favor that this is the case.

Show me a teenager that doesn't want to leave home and isn't "in distress". Go on. Try.

You really think our child welfare system can support a call from every teen every time Mommy or Daddy doesn't give Little Prince or Princess his or her way? If so, then I would venture to suggest that you don't mind having your taxes increased by about 20%, and also that you have never worked in a call center.