How do I get Emancipated?

Im 17 and live in missouri... i have moved out before but my parents somehow convinced the cops that i wasn't of age to move out... something happened and now im back at my parents house... My life at home isn't the best, and im trying to figure out how to move out on my own and if i have to get emancipated to do so... and if so how much its going to cost me and how to get it done so i dont have to live with my parents... If anyone can help me i would truely appriciate it...

Well, you weren't 18, so it probably wasn't too hard for your parents to convice the police that you weren't an adult.

According to the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri,

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Quoting Missouri Emancipation Law

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In Missouri, a minor may be emancipated in one of three ways:

• 1) your parents may give express consent to a court that they are waiving their parental rights;
  
  2) your parents may give implied consent, which would apply in situations where you have been living on your own, supporting yourself, and for all practical purposes your parents have relinquished their parental rights; and
  
  3) you experience a significant change in your societal status-such as an enlistment in the military or marriage.

As in Kansas, emancipation requires the ruling of a judge.

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Quoting MissGirl

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Im 17 and live in missouri... i have moved out before but my parents somehow convinced the cops that i wasn't of age to move out... something happened and now im back at my parents house... My life at home isn't the best, and im trying to figure out how to move out on my own and if i have to get emancipated to do so... and if so how much its going to cost me and how to get it done so i dont have to live with my parents... If anyone can help me i would truely appriciate it...

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i know how u feel !!!
ashleydawn!! :(