Can I Get Emancipated and is It the Right Thing to Do

[jbright]

My question involves juvenile law in the State of: North Carolina
OK, I am 15, turning 16. My parents have been divorced since I was very little and custody has always been a battle. I moved states and left behind one parent and am currently living with a parent and their spouse. I am wanting to either move back to my home state to live with my father or to be Emancipated and then move back without a custody battle. I have not been physically abused, but I have been told but who I am living with curently that I am "crazy" and a "terrible kid". I constantly live with the battle of wanting to live. I am not happy and am trying to get by. I know being here isnt good for my sanity, I have never been this depressed and its been this way for a good chunk of the year. There are so many more details, I just need some guidance.

[Disagreeable]

You request the parent who has you allow the other parent to have custody. You express to the other parent, you wish to live with them. You let the adults work it out.

[Mr. Knowitall]

Read the stickied threads.

If that's your entire argument (I'm about to turn 16 and I want to live with my other parent), you are not going to be emancipated.

[flyingron]

If you are being abused (and it doesn't sound like you are) notify someone, your other parent, a school counselor, or even 800-4-A-CHILD if you can't find anyone else.

We don't emancipate abused kids, we find alternate custody for them. Emancipation isn't the procedure to move in with other parent anyhow. It's not a tool to liberate you from parental enslavement but rather recognition of an independent child that needs relief from certain things denied to non-adults (like the ability to enter into contracts).

If your other parent is willing, your best bet would be to make your plea with them to see if they can negotiate (or pursue legal action) for them to be named custodial parent.