I am 15 years old at the moment, and since I was 13 I've been researching emancipation. They've all say the same thing; to be qualified for emancipation you must be abused or neglected, or somewhere along those lines. You can be married and become emancipated or be pregnant, petition for a marriage license, and become emancipated.
My situation is no where near as extreme as abuse, or neglect, or being pregnant. My parents are not unfit to take care of me, however, I can not live there anymore. I physically, mentally, and emotionally can not take the toll of living there. I am bounced back and forth between parents, they treat each other terribly and put us in the middle of their bickering and bad mouthing, I fight constantly with both of them, and I am just very unhappy with my life.
Looking back on my childhood, I noticed at a young age that I did not mesh well with my family. My mother believes in corporal punishment, spanking, hand smacking, etc. when I was in elementary school, I drew a picture of her spanking me, me crying hysterically, and afterwards carved into my nightstand "my mother is a child abuser". Now being young, no one thought anything of it, but the other day I found a book bag filled with things I had written through out elementary and middle school. I wrote some very, emotional and disturbing poetry, and in middle school I became depressed, even suicidal, the stress of my home life caused tremendous stress and started the quick, downward spiral, from Gothic poetry to suicide notes. Most of the problems associate with my mother. But with my father; I've been trying to move in with him since I was eight, but I realized that what I want mostly, is the free will to have control of when I do and don't see my parents.
I have much much more to add to my relationship with my parents, and the difficulties we face, but another necessity to emancipation is the ability to support one's self. At the moment I am unemployed, however, when I turn 16 I will be applying for any and every job I can find, saving my money until I can afford a security deposit and at least the first three months rent for a small apartment. Also, groceries, toiletries, health necessities, that I can afford insurance on the apartment and my vehicle, and any utilities that may not be covered in my rent. I have plans for my future, and have considered enlisting in the military to cover my secondary education and explore a career option that has always had some interest to me. I love the role of leadership, which is why I have problems with my parents. I love being independent and I've seen the damage that was done to my sisters, when they were forced to stay with my parents. My 2nd oldest sister became very rebellious and did everything she could to escape. My 3rd oldest sister left the night of her eighteenth birthday. Literally, the moment she could leave, she did. She moved in with my father and ended up moving in with friends after only a year because life had not improved much from her original living conditions with my mother.
I know I'm not in a dangerous situation where emancipation is ABSOLUTE for my well being, but for my sanity, my happiness, and basically my health considering how depressed and low I got at a point in my life, I'm asking, do I have ANY chance, even a 0.0000001% chance of emancipation if I petitioned?
And let me say, if I knew there was no way to survive on my own, and that I couldn't take care of myself or couldn't thrive by myself, I wouldn't bother. Because all it would do, is put myself in sever turmoil with all the complications that would arise later on down the road.
Thank you for your patience and time,
Miranda <3

