17 with Questions about Emancipation In Texas.

Emancepation is not suppose to be an easy process! If it was every teen would apply!

no you cannot...at seventeen you cannot be picked up by the cops for being a runaway because you are Technically at the Majority age. and if you can stay in High school support yourself and stay out of trouble..for six monthes and then have proof of it and bring that proof to a judge ..in most cases they will review the case if not emancipate you on the spot....but you must have legal domumentation to prove it.

so are the requirements for emancipation the Only way to get emancipation and are those the only requirements
because i cant seem to get enough information from anywhere...?

so are the requirements for emancipation that were listed earlier the Only way to get emancipation and are those the only requirements
because i cant seem to get enough information from anywhere...?

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no you cannot...at seventeen you cannot be picked up by the cops for being a runaway because you are Technically at the Majority age. and if you can stay in High school support yourself and stay out of trouble..for six monthes and then have proof of it and bring that proof to a judge ..in most cases they will review the case if not emancipate you on the spot....but you must have legal domumentation to prove it.

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At the age of 17, they are not "Technically at the Majority age". If that were true then the 17 year old wouldn't need to file a petition to have the disabilities of minority removed.

If the police in your county don't pick up 17 year olds and send them home, then that is a matter of their policy. That does not make the minor an adult and that is not true of every department.

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§ 31.001. REQUIREMENTS. (a) A minor may petition to have the disabilities of minority removed for limited or general purposes if the minor is:
(1) a resident of this state;
(2) 17 years of age, or at least 16 years of age and living separate and apart from the minor's parents, managing conservator, or guardian; and
(3) self-supporting and managing the minor's own financial affairs.
(b) A minor may file suit under this chapter in the minor's own name. The minor need not be represented by next friend.

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Quoting kisses&hugsareclique

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so are the requirements for emancipation that were listed earlier the Only way to get emancipation and are those the only requirements
because i cant seem to get enough information from anywhere...?

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