My question involves juvenile law in the State of: Indiana
Me and my mother are oil and water. We need time apart and we both agree that if I were to move out with my brother who is no longer a minor it would be for the best. We have come to an agreement that I should get emancipated and live in a roommate situation with my 19 year old brother. I am applying for dissability whether or not my emancipation is valid. My mother and I both agree that an emancipation is the best decision but there's one thing, is there any way that I could get emancipated and still be able to collect the child support that my father who lives three states away pays? I would still be able to survive without it, but it would make things so much easier if I had it. I'm also 17 years of age, and a senior in high school. I would get my license before I move out of my mothers house, and I know of a car that i could pay for with money I get for my birthday. So, I would be self sufficient with money (being on dissability), I would have transportation, I would have a plan for living... I just have to know about the child support issue. Would it be easier if my mother transferred custody to my brother? Or would that make it so my mother has to pay child support to him? It's all very confusing and I'd like it to be cleared up. I already have collected all the things we would need to move out on our own. And me and my mother are not fighting on the emancipation so would I have grounds to still do it even though it's not a case where I'm in danger at my own home?

