Ohio Emancipation Law

okay i am not going to lie i have a good life. my parents have never done anything to hurt me physically, i live in a nice house, and i have good friends. but i have been through some tough times with eating disorders, and relationship problems, and family illness. i met the most amazing guy over spring break and it sounds stupid but we fell in love. he lives in georgia...which is an issue. but we talk every night and we have allready talked about getting married. but i know that my parents would never let us be together because they dont know anything about him. but i have to follow my heart. i need a way that i can either get married or become emancipated so that we can be togther. if anybody knows anything i would love it if you could help me out. love is a strange thing...but i have never felt this way in my life, and i need to follow my heart.

Ohio has no emancipation law. Neither a minor (< 18) nor the minor's parent is able to file a petition for emancipation.

A minor can achieve independence from a parent in two ways:

1. Lawful marriage; or

2. Successful enlistment in any branch of the Armed Forces.

However, in the event of divorce or annulment, or discharge from the Armed Forces before the age of 18, custody of the minor will automatically revert to the parent who previously had custody over the minor.


so you will just have to be pen pals until your 18

What is it with everyone on this board wanting to get emancipated?

I am looking for someone to ADOPT me!

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What is it with everyone on this board wanting to get emancipated?

I am looking for someone to ADOPT me!

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I'll adopt you seniorjudge tee hee! How old is this gentleman, and how old are you, and how did you go about meeting? Online? Friends of the family?? I will explain after you give me the answer to this.

i met him on spring break. we have been dating for a few weeks. talking every night. he just turned 18 two weeks ago and i am 16. thank you for replying. im really just trying to do what i can to be with him.

If its real it will still be there in two years when you turn 18!

its like i said. its not that i hate my parents. we just dont really get along, and we view things very differently. i just need to do what is right for me. and let me tell you something else. god put you on this earth with a purpose...i dont know what your purpose is...but somebody elses reason for being here is to be a good parent to you...you just have to find them.

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but somebody elses reason for being here is to be a good parent to you...you just have to find them.

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What is that suppose to mean?

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its like i said. its not that i hate my parents. we just dont really get along, and we view things very differently. i just need to do what is right for me. and let me tell you something else. god put you on this earth with a purpose...i dont know what your purpose is...but somebody elses reason for being here is to be a good parent to you...you just have to find them.

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??? You have parents. You don't get to change that basic fact of life.

You get to decide what is 'right for you' when you are a legal adult and no longer dependent, in any way, upon your parents for anything.

You cannot leave home without parental consent. There is no option of legal emancipation. The fact that you are 16 and are convinced that this person (whom you just met) is the one and only love for you speaks volumes about how ready and capable you are to make mature, intelligent life altering decisions.

Well over half the teens think they know better than their parents! In 99% of those cases the teen was wrong!