Emancipation Rights In Ontario
My question involves emancipation laws for the Province of: Ontario
I've been with my boyfriend 3 and a half years and he lives in Chicago while I live in Toronto. We're really serious now and hate having to be apart. He's almost 18 and I'm 16. His mom offered that I could live there as long as she wouldn't get charged for kidnapping or something ridiculous like that. I'm still thinking over the situation because school's important to me and there's lots of other little complications, but the unveristy I want to go to is here and he has awhile left in school depending on how he goes about it because he doesn't do so well. I just don't want to be living here and stuck here in school for 8-9 years (grade 11 - finishing the DVM program) with him stuck there for another 2-3 or more years. It's hard to be away from someone you really love that long and it has been hard. I just want to know what the law is about emancipation in Ontario so I can at least see if it's worth stressing over and analysing my options in the first place.
Re: A Bit Of An Unfortunate Situation
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This is a US based and as of yet I have not seen anyone post a statute for the process you request for Canada
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I've seen other articles about Ontario so it couldn't be entirely US based.
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Read the thread I linked.
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I did, and did a little more exploring. I saw either the first or one of the first points was moving in with your boyfriend/girlfriend. I know everyone thinks they're super mature when they're kids and everything and thinks they have the hard life. I have it so easy and I know it, and I'm not some obnoxious kid that thinks she should get whatever she wants. I don't expect you to really believe that, but I might as well try. As of now I basically live in my room. I've done yard work and baby sitting and chores and crap since I was at least 7. I know, most do. But I also started working 3 years ago and was looking into another job last week. I do well in school and have gotten past the infamous "rebellious stage" all adult expect. My parents have left me alone for a week or more at a time, I'm fully able to take care of myself and I understand the restrictions this would put on my living and finance. I'm not stupid. I know even though I'd be living with his mom I'd be getting a job and I'd keep up in school. As I said I'm not even sure it's a good idea, I'm not impulsive. I've been building myself a future and I will continue to. I'm not going to potentially throw it all away for this, especially with the divorce rate at like 50% right now. And yes, we have been talking marriage. We've been through all the really tough relationship times. Huge fights, big problems and we're really close. I'm not going to be stupid about it, I just want to know my options. However, I don't expect any of that to be justification for any of you.
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Living with someone else would not be supporting yourself.
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Isn't that pretty irrelevant? I still wouldn't be living with my family and I would have a job. Either way the point is to move out.
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It's not irrelevent if you're considering emancipation. It's not just about getting out of your family's home. It's about supporting yourself 100%, with no help. Living with someone even if you had a job, even if you paid them rent is still not supporting yourself 100%.
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so you're saying emancipation is legally defined as supporting yourself 100%? Ok, then do you know what I'm looking for that would be defined as moving out?
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If you have permission of your parents you can move out, if you do not the age you can move out in Ontario is 18.
Emancipation isn't defined soley as supporting yourself, that is just one of the steps needed to get emancipated. Emancipation is defined as removing the disabilities of Minors so they can enter and sign contracts, manage their money and make medical decisions.