Getting Emancipated From Grandparents

:( Im 17 and i'll be 18 in 9 months. I have been living with my grandparents for the last 3 or so months. I have been in trouble somewhat in the past for drugs, I went to a rehabiliation center in Panama City for 2 months and have now been clean for 155 days. I have been doing extremely well and think that I have atleast gained a little respect back from my parents. My dad and I get along well but my mother is a diffrent story. She has allowed me to stay with my grandparents since I have been home but is insisting that I come home when school starts back. My mother and I do not get along at all and we can absolutely not go back to living together.My boyfriend proposed to me and we want to get married but cant because the laws in florida say you have to be 18. We are fine with waiting until I turn 18 to get married but, are not okay with me having to go back and live with my emotionally abusive mother. I would like to get emancipated but I know that in florida your parents have to sign or you have to be married. Unfortunetly my mother isnt going to sign for me to get married or emancipated and my dad doesnt have custody of me. So what do I do help me please? Just one more thing I try to involve her and if I want to go do something I call and ask her she always says no and if I make a comments such as I dont understand why she always screams at me "Go ahead and do whatever it is that you F***ing want to do I dont care anymore". Needless to say any teenager in their right mind would know that If they went ahead and did whatever it was they would be in trouble right, well my mom wouldnt stop there first she would call the law on me have who ever I was with arrested and then send me off she really has that much pull and I cant live like this anymore so what do I do?

Perhaps you should try to reason with your mother instead of arguing with her or getting into screaming matches, and try to get permission to stay where you are for the upcoming school year.

I try but it's like she only wants to be a mom when it is convenient for her or when she can be in full control. This is my senior year it is suppose to be the best year of my life. I dont understand why she treats me like im 13.


Question I live in florida where you have to be 18 to get married and in mississippi you only have to be like 16 or 17 could i go to mississippi and get married and come back to florida and still be emancipated?

Mississippi requires parental consent for marriage, up to the age of 21.

Okay. So what do I do just sit through the next 9 months and suffer? There isn't anything I can do to get away from her?

Is there any state in which my boyfriend and I can get married in without having to have parental consent?

Not that I know of - the norm is parental consent, or a court order approving the marriage. However, I haven't researched the marriage laws of every state.

Thanks alot Aaron youve been a big help! I just wish there was something I could do to get out of having to go back and live with my mother. I mean I intend on returning to school but it would just be alot easier to finish my last year without the stress of her on my back. If i moved in with my boyfriend is there anything that she could do about it? He will be 18 on August 28 and I will not be 18 until May 8.

If i moved in with my boyfriend is there anything that she could do about it? He will be 18 on August 28 and I will not be 18 until May 8.