Can a Teen Parent Get Emancipated to Qualify for Public Assistance

None of which changes the fact that emancipation is a dog that's not going to hunt.

The point remains that IF the teen marries under the rather liberal TX laws that allow for same merely with parental consent or that of her guardian at age 15 then she is emancipated . The family unit may or may not qualify for means tested public assistance based on the income facts.

C'mon, Drew. Do you REALLY think that there's a reasonable likelihood of marriage in this kid's immediate future? Seriously? More than a .01% chance? That even if the parents agree, a court is going to permit the marriage of a 15 year old child with a 7 month old baby, who clearly needs far more supervision than she's been given and whose boyfriend under ANY state definition committed a crime when he impregnated her?

I don't. And if you do, my opinion of your capability for rational thought (which isn't that high to begin with, frankly) just plummeted several points. And if you don't, what the Foxtrot are you bringing it up for?

Im all in favor of holding girls parents accountable for all her support thru 18 and not visiting any of this on taxpayers .

But my crystal ball is out as what a TX might do as to best meeting needs of infant.

And at 16 court permission is no longer required ..just parental

But she isn't 16, is she?

No, not yet...

What would be more helpful is for OP to comment on what efforts are being made to hold her parents feet to fire to support her .....

I tire of everything being visited upon the taxpayer

Well, you're certainly not going to get any arguments from me on that one. But if they're not doing their duty to her and she's already got a child of her own, frankly foster care is a lot more likely than marriage. And you should know that.

Is this REALLY necessary? For real?

Marriage WILL NOT make Daddy's previous crimes go away.

Marriage WILL NOT make the parents immune from prosecution.

And clearly somebody hasn't thought too hard or too long about this one... marriage WILL NOT make things easier for Junior Mom.

marriage might ease fit into TANF if the point is to qualify for public assistance ....that doesn't change my personal view that girls parents need to be supporting her as required by law ...but i didn't t write the TANF rules...

TX would hang this dude and someone needs to call the police and have this little girl and her baby removed from this situation. Each individual sexual act (and they aren't celibate) is a completely separate charge