Emancipation by Marriage in Wisconsin
My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Wisconsin
im 16 years old and im getting married to my 18 year old pregnant girlfriend. I am also on juvenile supervision. The County Clerk called the State and they said i can get married while on supervision. My Mom said she would sign the papers as long as my supervisor says i can live with my wife(girlfriend).
so, i am wondering if i have the right to choose where i live if i am emancipated through marriage even though i am on juvenile supervision?
my caseworker told me i can only move in with relatives and i hate living with my mom so if i was married my wife would be more immediate family than my mom so wouldnt i be able to live with her?
and if my caseworker told me i still have to live with my mom then what is the point of me being emancipated(AN ADULT!) and making all the adult decisions financial,health, etc. if i still have to live with my parent
Re: Emancipation by Marriage in Wisconsin
You're on probation. Until you are discharged from probation, your probation officer gets to tell you where you live.
That's true even when you're over 18 - or over 21.
Re: Emancipation by Marriage in Wisconsin
but if i am married my mom can refuse to let me live with her right?
Re: Emancipation by Marriage in Wisconsin
When you asked your probation officer that question, what did he say?
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To answer your question directly...
Yes, when you achieve emancipation, your mommy can kick you out into the street.
You better think really hard about what you are doing here.
If you need mom's house to satisfy probation and she won't let you if you bring home your pregnant wife, then your next set of actions (or, more accurately, inactions) seem clear.
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i didnt ask him but my mom has tried to kick me out and he said if that happens call him(my PO) and then he'd probably send me to a group home or foster home because none of my family will take me. But if im married and my mom kicks me out my wife would be the only family that i could live with and its not like he'll say no and make me go to group home or foster home when i haven't done anything wrong. He wouldn't want me living with my wife but he knows that i'd move more forward with my life if i was living with my wife than if my life was stalled in a group home or foster home
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i didnt ask him but my mom has tried to kick me out and he said if that happens call him(my PO) and then he'd probably send me to a group home or foster home because none of my family will take me. But if im married and my mom kicks me out my wife would be the only family that i could live with and its not like he'll say no and make me go to group home or foster home when i haven't done anything wrong. He wouldn't want me living with my wife but he knows that i'd move more forward with my life if i was living with my wife than if my life was stalled in a group home or foster home
Rather than assume what he will say, why not take the advice of this learned board and ASK HIM?
Re: Emancipation by Marriage in Wisconsin
CYJEFF,
my moms house isnt the only house that satisfies my probation its just the only family house that will take me, and my mom doesn't even want me and i dont want to live with her.But my mom is worried that if i get married i'll still have to live with her and she wont collect child support from my dad
Re: Emancipation by Marriage in Wisconsin
Ask. Your. Probation. Officer.
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CYJEFF,
because he doesn't think i should get married and the State Clerk said i don't have to ask supervision to get married. but im still worried that he'd find a way so i dont get married