My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: North Carolina
Currently I live with my parents and my brother. I suffer from depression and often times thoughts of suicide because of the type of environment I am in. My dad refuses to do anything for us besides work. He comes home, sits in his chair, and watches TV. He wont lift a finger after work, and even though he doesn't physically abuse my mom or I, he verbally does. Often times calling us stupid, accusing us of things he has no proof of, etc. He's tried to ground me for things I could prove I didn't do (not week groundings. More like months, even maybe a year). I cannot receive the help I need in school from them. My father will just yell at me, call me names, and in the end I'm left in tears and no work is ever done. Because of this I tend to suffer in school although I tried to maintain my grades. I've tried confronting my mother about my depression, and I believe I have troubles paying attention, but she wont do anything about either, so my grades suffer again because of this. To top it off my father is very strict about grades, as any father should be, but he doesn't help me in his strictness. I've been with my boyfriend for almost a year now and he's my best friend. I'm closer to his family then I am my own, because they treat me like I'm a human being, not dirt under their shoes. My father threatens to not let me see him if my grades do not maintain, and I could understand this, but it causes my depression to worsen, takes the only thing I really have away from me, and my grades will still suffer either way because they wont help me. I am 16 and graduating from high school this year, I turn 17 in July and I would like to know is there any way I could get emancipated, or is there a better alternative?

