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    Unhappy What Do I Need to Do to Get Emancipated

    My question involves juvenile law in the State of: North Carolina
    Hi, I'm 15 years old, turning 16 in June. I've wanted to get emancipated for a long time now and since I'll be 16 soon I thought I should look into it more. I take online classes and live with both of parents. If I can get emancipated then I will enroll myself in public school (if that makes a difference in anything). My reasons for wanting to get emancipated are 1. Emotional/verbal abuse from both my parents such as my mom constantly putting me down about my looks which has led me to depression and a past eating disorder 2. My father is a severe alcoholic, 3. Both my parents have mental illness problems (depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and OCD), which have really affected me over the years because there's constant yelling and screaming, name calling, tears, etc.. The mental state they are both in isn't right to raise a child with. 4. My parents hate each other. They truly hate each other and I'm the person they take it out on. I'm constantly put down and told I'm not good enough, or I'm a terrible person because of their anger towards each other. 5. We've tried family counseling, individual consoling, and they've tried marriage consoling but nothing has changed. I can't live here anymore. So please, tell me what I can do to get emancipated. I won't have my driver's license when I'm 16 because the medicine my mom makes me take has caused the DMV to put it off. My parents don't support it so I need to the court to help me. I don't have a job but I'm looking for one. As for living arraignments, I plan to get a very small and cheap apartment somewhere and hopefully get my license. I'll enroll myself in public school and find a job that allows me to pay all my bills on my own. I'm very serious about this and I know how hard it is but I think it's what I need to do. One last thing: I'm worried about how emancipation will affect my admission into college. I want to go to UCSB and then go to Stanford for med school, but at this point I'm mostly just worried about getting in to any at all. So please help me out, this is serious problem for me.

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    Default Re: What Do I Need to Do to Get Emancipated

    You will not qualify for emancipation.

    Emancipation is aimed at minors who, through no fault of their own (parents died in plane crash), need the legal ability to get the power turned on in their name.

    It is not, and never was, intended as a means for teens who are unhappy at home to leave.

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    Default Re: What Do I Need to Do to Get Emancipated

    You must already be living in that apartment and paying 100% of your own support before a court will even hear your petition.

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    Default Re: What Do I Need to Do to Get Emancipated

    Quote Quoting cbg
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    You must already be living in that apartment and paying 100% of your own support before a court will even hear your petition.

    And then there's also NC's child labor laws...

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