Empancipation In Virginia

My question involves guardianship in the State of: VIRGINIA


I love my family till the day I die, but that doesn't mean there the only ones I can love. I found my current boyfriend 4 months ago, It may be soon but we both love each other very much. He has protected me and defended my name in more ways than I can explain, but on the down fall my parents don't like him and are pushing him further and further away, which makes me very angry to see the one I love not be able to hang out with is girlfriend once every other weekend, It also makes me angry not being able to see him also. So I was talking to my dad and I told him I wasn't happy at home. He yelled at me and told me to get out then. So I packed my belongs but before I got a chance to leave they (my mom and dad) stopped me and sad your not going anywhere, so I sat in my bed wondering what I was going to do, seeing as I already have a place to live lined up and I can get a job no problem. So I sit there and think about "How am I going to get out of here? I'm not happy and my dad scares the living hell out of me, my mom smuthers me thinking that I'm only hers and no one else's and I just need out before I go crazy." And out of no where my dad starts calling my boyfriend a heartless loser and calls me stupid and a dumb @$$ and then he jumps at me hits my leg so I jump back into my wall and hit my head against the wall with my dad yelling threats in my ear. Now ever since I was old enough to think on my own and choose who my friends are my dad yells threats left and right but never does anything to me physically, just emotionally and for a 10-16 yr old girl that does a lot of damage. So I told him and he said he would stop. So hes not the problem right now, my mom is. I don't know what else to do Ive talked to both my parents about letting me go over to my boyfriends and letting me hangout with him, but nothing has worked so their pushing their own daughter that they "love so much" out of the way, for me to rebel more. They don't get, no matter how much I tell them that, if they don't give up and let me see him and let him come over we would have no problems. I would come home on time not having to worry about when the next time I see him will be. I want out of my house and I'm affriad to bring that up to my dad again but hes just going to yell more. He just had a stroke 2 weeks ago so any yelling and fussing that he did this past weekend isn't good for him and he blamed it on me.
I need to know what I can do to get out of my house and I need to know ASAP I need to get out ASAP. I have a school I could get enrolled in. I would walk to work because the place I would apply to is right down the street. I would have a bed, and food and water. What else do I need other than a family who actually let her daughter have a life,cause right now I have nothing, but my boyfriend.http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/imag...lies/frown.gif
:( I need to know ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING about Emancipation in VA.

TITLE 16.1. COURTS NOT OF RECORD


CHAPTER 11. JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURTS


ARTICLE 15. EMANCIPATION OF MINORS




§ 16.1-331. Petition for emancipation.


Any minor who has reached his sixteenth birthday and is residing in this Commonwealth, or any parent or guardian of such minor, may petition the juvenile and domestic relations district court for the county or city in which either the minor or his parents or guardian resides for a determination that the minor named in the petition be emancipated. The petition shall contain, in addition to the information required by § 16.1-262, the gender of the minor and, if the petitioner is not the minor, the name of the petitioner and the relationship of the petitioner to the minor.


§ 16.1-332. Orders of court; investigation, report and appointment of counsel.


If deemed appropriate the court may (i) require the local department of welfare or social services or any other agency or person to investigate the allegations in the petition and file a report of that investigation with the court, (ii) appoint counsel for the minor's parents or guardian, or (iii) make any other orders regarding the matter which the court deems appropriate. In any case pursuant to this article the court shall appoint counsel for the minor to serve as guardian ad litem.


§ 16.1-333. Findings necessary to order that minor is emancipated.


The court may enter an order declaring the minor emancipated if, after a hearing, it is found that: (i) the minor has entered into a valid marriage, whether or not that marriage has been terminated by dissolution; or (ii) the minor is on active duty with any of the armed forces of the United States of America; or (iii) the minor willingly lives separate and apart from his parents or guardian, with the consent or acquiescence of the parents or guardian, and that the minor is or is capable of supporting himself and competently managing his own financial affairs.


§ 16.1-334. Effects of order.


An order that a minor is emancipated shall have the following effects:


1. The minor may consent to medical, dental, or psychiatric care, without parental consent, knowledge, or liability;


2. The minor may enter into a binding contract or execute a will;


3. The minor may sue and be sued in his own name;


4. The minor shall be entitled to his own earnings and shall be free of control by his parents or guardian;


5. The minor may establish his own residence;


6. The minor may buy and sell real property;


7. The minor may not thereafter be the subject of a petition under this chapter as abused, neglected, abandoned, in need of services, in need of supervision, or in violation of a juvenile curfew ordinance enacted by a local governing body;


8. The minor may enroll in any school or college, without parental consent;


9. The minor may secure a driver's license under § 46.2-334 or § 46.2-335 without parental consent;


10. The parents of the minor shall no longer be the guardians of the minor;


11. The parents of a minor shall be relieved of any obligations respecting his school attendance under Article 1 (§ 22.1-254 et seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 22.1;


12. The parents shall be relieved of all obligation to support the minor;


13. The minor shall be emancipated for the purposes of parental liability for his acts;


14. The minor may execute releases in his own name;


15. The minor may not have a guardian ad litem appointed for him pursuant to any statute solely because he is under age eighteen; and


16. The minor may marry without parental, judicial, or other consent.


The acts done when such order is or is purported to be in effect shall be valid notwithstanding any subsequent action terminating such order or a judicial determination that the order was void ab initio.


§ 16.1-334.1. Identification card issued to minor by DMV.


When entering an emancipation order under § 16.1-333, the court shall issue to the emancipated minor a copy of the order. Upon application to the Department of Motor Vehicles and submission of the copy, the Department shall issue to the minor an identification card containing the minor's photograph, a statement that such minor is emancipated, and a listing of all effects of the emancipation order as set forth in § 16.1-334.

I would give you the bad news as well but I have an errand to run so I will let some other do so

As panther put it in another post, your chances of being emancipated are about as good as the chances most of us have of winning the lottery. There isn't a judge in the US who is going to emancipate a teen because her parents won't let her see her boyfriend.

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My question involves guardianship in the State of: VIRGINIA


I love my family till the day I die, but that doesn't mean there the only ones I can love. I found my current boyfriend 4 months ago, It may be soon but we both love each other very much. He has protected me and defended my name in more ways than I can explain, but on the down fall my parents don't like him and are pushing him further and further away, which makes me very angry to see the one I love not be able to hang out with is girlfriend once every other weekend, It also makes me angry not being able to see him also. So I was talking to my dad and I told him I wasn't happy at home. He yelled at me and told me to get out then. So I packed my belongs but before I got a chance to leave they (my mom and dad) stopped me and sad your not going anywhere, so I sat in my bed wondering what I was going to do,

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seeing as I already have a place to live lined up and I can get a job no problem.

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Unless this "place" is a place where it involves just you and a Landlord paying all the rent and all utitlities and its not a friend's house or your boyfriends house, it won't work. And "getting" a job isn't going to work either, you need to have employment laid down for at least 6 month's and have a good enough bit of money saved up and make good enough money to make it on your own.

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So I sit there and think about "How am I going to get out of here? I'm not happy and my dad scares the living hell out of me, my mom smuthers me thinking that I'm only hers and no one else's and I just need out before I go crazy." And out of no where my dad starts calling my boyfriend a heartless loser and calls me stupid and a dumb @$$ and then he jumps at me hits my leg so I jump back into my wall and hit my head against the wall with my dad yelling threats in my ear. Now ever since I was old enough to think on my own and choose who my friends are my dad yells threats left and right but never does anything to me physically, just emotionally and for a 10-16 yr old girl that does a lot of damage. So I told him and he said he would stop. So hes not the problem right now, my mom is. I don't know what else to do Ive talked to both my parents about letting me go over to my boyfriends and letting me hangout with him, but nothing has worked so their pushing their own daughter that they "love so much" out of the way, for me to rebel more. They don't get, no matter how much I tell them that, if they don't give up and let me see him and let him come over we would have no problems. I would come home on time not having to worry about when the next time I see him will be. I want out of my house and I'm affriad to bring that up to my dad again but hes just going to yell more. He just had a stroke 2 weeks ago so any yelling and fussing that he did this past weekend isn't good for him and he blamed it on me.
I need to know what I can do to get out of my house and I need to know ASAP I need to get out ASAP. I have a school I could get enrolled in. I would walk to work because the place I would apply to is right down the street.

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I would have a bed, and food and water. What else do I need other than a family who actually let her daughter have a life,cause right now I have nothing, but my boyfriend.http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/imag...lies/frown.gif
:( I need to know ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING about Emancipation in VA.

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If you're banking on the idea that you can take what you own from your own room right now with you when you move out, think again. They bought it so it is their property and they can decide to give it to you if they want to. It takes more than a bed, food and water to make it on your own, much more.
At your age your parents aren't required to give you a life. They aren't required to allow you to see your boyfriend if they don't like them.
You said if they would let you just see your boyfriend you won't have problems, which to me makes it sound like you aren't mentally ready to be on your own. You expect them to give in to the things you want and that it should be your way. While you're under their roof, it is their way nothing else.