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Emancipation
My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Oregon
Well, to start things out.. Im 16 years old and ever since i was 14 i have wanted to get emancipated. Im a responsable young adult. I have a hard working boyfriend, mechanic, and makes quite a bit more money than i do. Yet he says he will help support me if i get emancipated. I have a job. Work 4-5 days a week. Make decent money and always still have some left over even after i buy what i need. I attend high school. I am now a junior. I attend some advanced honors classes and get around B's and C's. My brother is getting into alot of trouble latley and only 14. Our apartment always seems to be a mess. When i clean up, go to work, i come home to a messy house once again. Chores are never done. Me and my two siblings are assigned to chores and only mine seem to ever get done and i have to force my brother to do anything. My sister is planning on moving out any day now. Her boyfriends mom wants her to move in. And then my mom is a totally different story. We moved back to our old home town and she met up with all her old high school friends and is constantly out. She doesnt tell me, my brother or my sister where she is going and some days i dont see her up 3 or 4 days. Some days she comes home at 4am and gets a cup of coffee, work clothes and heads off to work. And when she does come home after work around 2-230pm she gets on the computer and goes to sleep for the rest of the night. I am almost afraid (including my sister, me, brother, cousin, and my gramma) that she is getting into drugs again, like in her past. I just cant seem to deal with this anymore. I take care of myself, buy my own clothes, food, i have to start paying for my own doctor bills.
I think that i am a very responsible young adult and to the point where i want and need to get out on my own. To get out of all the stress in my household.
One problem is, bringing this up with my mother. My dad isnt in the picture, he is living in his sisters basement and does not have a stable home to even support himself.
My mother is really sensitive about this and i am almost positive that you have to get permission from your gardian to be able to go thru with it.
I just cant seem to break the news to her. And i dont know even how too.
Even being able to talk to her is a problem. Either she is out with friends doing whatever or she is sleeping...
I really need help.
I dont know if i am eligible or not.. or sound like it.
I really just need help with my mom too..
What do you think?:confused:
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Re: Emancipation
Read this, this, and this.
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Re: Emancipation
There are a number of reasons why you will be denied, as things are now:
1 You are not living away from home
2 You are not 100% supporting yourself
3 A court is not going to emancipate you so you can play house with your boyfriend
4 Your boyfriend's willingness to support you means nothing. Emancipation is about YOUR supporting yourself, not about your reliance on someone else.
5 Emancipation is not about what chores you have to do around the house.
6 You have no earthly idea what responsibility is yet, unless you are paying 100% of your living expenses, which includes: rent, utilities, insurance, transportation, food, clothes, and everything else you need to live. You are nowhere near that yet.