Can You Get Emancipated to Live With a Relative

My question involves juvenile law in the state of: Maine.

There is no abuse happening, but my mother is in a significant amount of debt and has some emotional problems. Also, she forces me into situations (e.g., summer camp, school trips, activities, etc.) when she knows I don't want to do them. She is about $15,000 in the hole and she recently broke up with her boyfriend after she went to jail for punching him or something along those lines. Bail was paid, but that's beside the point. It isn't the first time she's gone to jail for assaulting someone, but I'm unsure about whether that matters or not. My mother and father are separated. I don't exactly want to live with my dad if I am emancipated, though I know I most likely will be placed under his care. I love both of my parents with all of my heart, especially my mother. My great grandmother, aged 72, is very near and dear to me. I lived with her for 4 years while my mother was finishing college (which is the main source of her debt, though she doesn't use the degree she earned) and I became extremely close to her. To finally get to the point, I wish to be emancipated at the age of 14 and live with my great grandmother. My mother would most likely defy the idea, but if I can somehow convince her and come up with facts, then maybe she would allow this to happen. Please, I need answers and facts for this. I sincerely believe this is the right decision for me and my mother as well; she seems as though she needs space from everything right now. It would help her to get out of debt and if I'm helping her, I'm helping myself. If this is a bad decision, which it may seem, please let me know and I will try to rid it from my mind. Other than that, I need some convincing facts. Thank you so much for your time and understanding. :o

You're going nowhere without parental permission.

You need to actually read the threads about emancipation - you clearly have not done so.

You're 14. There isn't one state in the COUNTRY which will emancipate a 14 year old.

There are about zero odds to be emancipated anytime soon.......

Now it may be pretty straightforward for mom and great grandmother to work out some arrangement for you to live there and complete your school there etc.

Actually, I have. I never read anything about not being emancipated at 14. I'm sorry, I never knew that before. Also, I was asking a simple question, there is no need to be rude about it. There is much more going on in my life besides this issue. Thank you for your reply, though.

You can live with your great grandmother if and only if your mother agrees.

In very rare circumstances, the state of CA will emancipate a 14 year old, but only CA, and if you weren't an extra in the Harry Potter movies or an athlete in the Olympic games, it's not going to happen in CA either. There is no chance whatsoever that Maine will emancipate a 14 year old, particularly against the wishes of the custodial parent.

Do you know what it actually means to be emancipated? Do you realize that it means showing a judge how you and you alone, with NO help from ANYONE, can pay every single penny of what it costs to support you? Do you really think that at 14 you can work enough hours out of school to pay all your own rent, utilities, food, clothing, transportation, insurance, medical care?

Get emancipation out of your mind. It's not going to happen.

I'm not sure. Thank you for your reply, though.

Well, I'm sure. I'm familiar enough with Maine and the cost of living there (I only live an hour and a half away) to tell you that no, you can't. If you were working 40 hours a week at the kind of job you can get at 14 (and while I don't have time right now to check the child labor laws, I doubt that at 14 you'd be allowed by law to work that many hours a week) you wouldn't even be making enough to pay rent, let alone all those other costs.

I was asking a simple question, no need to get snappy. There are many more reasons for emancipation, too. I also stated in my thread that, if anyone believes this is a bad decision, then please inform me. Either way, thank you for your answer.

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As stated in my thread, I would be living with my great grandmother, who has helped both my mother and I through things I would prefer kept out of this matter. However, I do thank you for your opinion.

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I was asking a simple question, no need to get snappy. There are many more reasons for emancipation, too. I also stated in my thread that, if anyone believes this is a bad decision, then please inform me. Either way, thank you for your answer.

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As stated in my thread, I would be living with my great grandmother, who has helped both my mother and I through things I would prefer kept out of this matter. However, I do thank you for your opinion.

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Did you read yet?

Bailey, please pay attention.

It doesn't matter what reasons you have or whether it is a good or a bad decision.

THE LAW SAYS NO.

The law in 49 states, including yours, WILL NOT PERMIT a 14 year old to be emancipated for ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.

No matter how good you think your reasons are, emancipation is Not. Going. To. Happen.

If your mother says you may live with your great grandmother, then you may, and you do not need to be emancipated for it to happen. If she says you may not, then you may not, and you stay where you are.

THIS IS THE LAW.