My question involves juvenile law in the State of: Texas
I want to know if I can get emancipated at 14.If I can, how? Are there any exceptions to the minimum age being 16 besides marriage?
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My question involves juvenile law in the State of: Texas
I want to know if I can get emancipated at 14.If I can, how? Are there any exceptions to the minimum age being 16 besides marriage?
No, you cannot.
There is only one state that will even consider emancipating a 14 year old and that state is not TX - nor will that sole state do it often or lightly. There are no exceptions. Ever. Under any circumstances whatsoever.
No. In Texas emancipation occurs when (1) the minor turns age 18; (2) the minor marries; (3) the minor joins the armed forces; or (4) the minor is at least age 16 and successfully petitions a court to grant emancipation. Getting married while a minor in Texas requires the permission of the minor’s parents. The armed forces will not let a 14 year-old enlist and even at age 17 when the military will consider it you’d need the consent of your parents to do it.
So at age 14 that leaves you really no options for emancipation. And even at age 16, a court will not grant emancipation unless the minor can show that he or she is living independently from his/her parents and is financially self-sufficient. If you think living at home with your parents is hard, try living completely on your own at age 16 — an age at which most employers will not consider you and you have relatively few job skills anyway, so the few jobs you might get will be very low paying. And you still have the obligation to attend school (drop out age in Texas is apparently 17), so working full-time would not be an option. Living on your own with a part-time minimum wage job and no government assistance would be very hard, if it was possible to do at all.