How do i get emancipated?

[mouse891]

I am a 16 year old girl living with my mother and father. My father adopted me in July of 2004. Before that time he was always either working or drunk. He never was in my life basically. Now that he has adopted me he comes home from work, drinks, and then trys to be father. In the past year we have had three incidents where he was trying to be a "father" that ended in the police becoming involved. The first incident was last june when I came home from a friends and he was drunk. He was yelling at my mother who had just that day gotten out of the hospital. He then turns to me and begins yelling at me because of my grades, because I'm "not going to be anything just like the rest of my family". I ran out the door and he chased me, threw me up against the garage, and beat me. He later told me I deserved every bit of it. That is just one instance. While the other two do not involve me, those are just the ones that were reported to the police. My mother is a complete psycopath. One minute she claims to be my best friend and the next she is yelling at me about any small detail. She recently decided she wanted to gain "control over the house" starting with me. Now I have 2 younger brothers whom do not come home on time, do not do any chores, and do not do what they are asked to do. I do all of the above. I also take over some of the responsibilities my father thinks she has. I get no credit for them and I am constantly in trouble over it. I need help. I need to get away from here, they are dragging me down.

[aaron]

Emancipation laws vary by state, so your ability to emancipate and the procedure you would follow depend upon where you live.