Getting Emancipated in New Jersey

My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: New Jersey

I'm 17 living in south jersey. I won't be 18 for for 8 more months and want to be emancipated from my single mother. My boyfriend is currently living in seattle now and she pretty much forbids me to see him for no reason. I've always been a good kid , no drugs alcohol drinking partying none of that. My boyfriend is the same way. She knows everything about him and knows how much he cares about me but still won't let me see him. She's gone for a good amount of hours during the night leaving me home alone and doesn't have a guaranteed income. I would like to go live with him and his parents and get a job and finish school and get my GED there and support myself. Anyone have any advice on how to do this or think this is possible? I know nothing about emancipation laws in new jersey and really could use the help.

New Jersey doesn't have a provision in statute for emancipation. There have been cases where New Jersey courts have ruled that a minor is emancipated, but only AFTER that minor has already shown a history of self support. You are not currently self supporting, so there goes that idea (and no, living with and sharing expenses with a boyfriend or roommate isn't SELF supporting).

Did you read the stickies about what emancipation is and isn't?

No, I do not think it is possible. Even if NJ had a statute for emancipation, which it does not, I guarantee you that the court is not going to emancipate a teenager because her mother won't let her see her boyfriend. That is not a valid reason for emancipation in any state.

What's more, emancipation is not EVER granted on, "I'm going to get a job". It is based on, "I have a job earning xxx.xx per week, of which this much goes to rent and this much goes to utilities and this much goes to food and clothing and this much goes to insurance and this much goes to transportation and the remainder goes to savings". You have to have the job AND the budget AND the independent place to live AND be able to show the judge that you are ALREADY (not will be at some point in future) able to support yourself completely on your own without help.

Once more, emancipation is not and never was designed to allow kids to leave home. It was and is designed to provide legal protections to those kids who, through no fault of their own, found themselves living by themselves and NEED (not want) the right to sign contracts and leases and so on.