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    Question I Am 16 and Wondering if I Can Get Emancipated

    My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Hi, I am 16 years old and soon going to be 17 in 4 months. My grandmother and I never seemed to get along and she can't wait for me to get out of the house anyway. If I do get emancipated then I was planning on going living with my boyfriend when he gets out of a program called Job Corps. Then when I was living with him I was planning on getting a job and going back to high school because I need my education but sadly at the moment I am out of school. So I am just wondering can I even get emancipated with that kind of a plan? Or do I have to wait..cause I dont think me or my grandmother can wait that long.

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    Default Re: I Am 16 and Wondering if I Can Get Emancipated

    Read the gazillion other posts in the Emancipation forum as to not waste the responders' time.

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    Default Re: I Am 16 and Wondering if I Can Get Emancipated

    Well I am sorry, did mean to (waste) any of the responders time. I am just stuck and dont know what to do anymore okay? I just want out and I am tired of fighting with my grandmother to where it gets into physical fights. She wants me out and so do I. I just want to know if I even have a shot at this.

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    Default Re: I Am 16 and Wondering if I Can Get Emancipated

    Not under the circumstances you have described, no, you don't.

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    Default Re: I Am 16 and Wondering if I Can Get Emancipated

    Thank you for telling me this. I hope you dont get mad for me asking this though. I have no shot at this even though my grandmother and I get into physical fights? Excuse me for asking or sounding rude but that doesn't seem right.

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    Default Re: I Am 16 and Wondering if I Can Get Emancipated

    Read the threads stickied at the top of the forum, as you were instructed to do before posting. If you still have questions, identify your state as you were instructed and prompted to do when you posted.

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    Default Re: I Am 16 and Wondering if I Can Get Emancipated

    READ THE STICKIES.

    If you are being abused, the way out....the ONLY way out....is to call police which could lead to a child protective services investigation and ultimately to removal to where THEY decide to place you.

    Emancipation isn't a way out of a home where you have shelter, food, clothing, etc. It is a way for teens who are already TOTALLY supporting themselves, and have a history of doing so, to enjoy some important legal rights and protections that make it easier for them to CONTINUE to be completely self-supporting.

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    Default Re: I Am 16 and Wondering if I Can Get Emancipated

    No. You have no shot at emancipation even though you and your grandmother get into physical fights. That is not what emancipation is for
    and you have described nothing to suggest that you meet the requirements.

    Emancipation is not the only answer to a bad home life. Note that I am not saying there is no possible answer for you, only that it will NOT be emancipation.

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