Emancipation in Nevada

My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Nevada.

I am very close to a 15 year old in Northern Nevada, and she turns 16 in a week. She is looking to be Emancipated from her father as soon as possible. I have reviewed the basic Emancipation Laws for NV, and it is stated that minors must have Parental Consent in order to be Emancipated. My friend is not the normal complaining teenager wishing to leave her parent ASAP. She has a special case. Her home consists of only her and her father, and he often abuses her both physically and emotionally. Her father obviously would never willingly let her leave, but this is a special case.

My question is, can she get Emancipated without parent consent? Or does she have to contact social services or the police as her only way out? She has every other requirement needed to be Emancipated, she just needs parental consent.

There's no such legal thing as a "special case". Without parental consent, emancipation isn't going to happen, regardless of the circumstances - that's why it says "must" and not "except". Emancipation has nothing to do with complaining teenagers wanting to be free from parental control - it has EVERYTHING to do with teenagers who, through no fault of their own, have found themselves forced to support themselves, can show a court that they have responsibly done so, and are asking the court to advance them to a status whereby they can better continue to support themselves (ie like being able to sign a lease or open a checking account). If she is still living under dad's roof and eating dad's food and using dad's electricity and flushing the toilet with water that dad paid for, then she hasn't met the burden of "self supporting" - regardless of the other circumstances.

If there is physical abuse occurring, she needs to be calling 911, and child protective services, and having the incidents documented and addressed - or, asking some other family member to petition her local family or probate court for guardianship. No, they're not likely to care about the emotional abuse unless the abuse is SO extreme that it typically involves criminal activities (being prostituted, forced to watch violent or sexual acts, etc.). Yelling, screaming, hollaring, name calling, put downs and such are all legal and not going to trigger investigation or action.

Also, if by "very close" you mean that you are trying to get her emancipated so you two can play house, you can forget it. If you are 18 and trying to do this, you can be charged with all sorts of nasty crimes.

I will also bet that in all probability that a 15 year old is not self supporting.

aardvarc- Thank you for clarifying. I didn't mean to sound like I was hoping for special favors or treatment. I merely did not know whether or not any legal exceptions were in effect for this particular case. Again, thank you. Your reply was very informative.

divemedic- Thank you for your speculation, but not every relationship is sexual. Me and her are in fact "very close" because we are childhood friends, and if i were to "play house" with her i would have to get emancipated myself. Thank you so much for your assumptions and speculations.