Pregnant Teen Wants to Get Emancipated

[cbg]

Then by all means go out and do so. No one is suggesting that you do otherwise. Unless, as I have suspected all along, you are Hannah.

[drayia]

i came to this site because i thought it could help. i thought i would be talking to adults

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im not hannah i can promise you that. im not stupid enoough to be pregnant in highschool. she really is my bestfriend but her real name isnt hannah

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how could i have been hannah? im 18 i dont need to get emansipated if i want to move out i will but i dont. im happy at my house with my family

[cbg]

I thought I would be talking to adults = no one is telling me what I want to hear

[Disagreeable]

Read what I posted during your latest rant. Research it and you can help Hannah. After you research it and learn the laws that apply come back and we or at least I will answer any questions you have about it. The answers are in the Texas Statutes.

i came to this site because i thought it could help. i thought i would be talking to adults

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im not hannah i can promise you that. im not stupid enoough to be pregnant in highschool. she really is my bestfriend but her real name isnt hannah

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how could i have been hannah? im 18 i dont need to get emansipated if i want to move out i will but i dont. im happy at my house with my family

[drayia]

i dont want her get emansipated. shes almost 17 shes getting kicked out then anyway. she wanted an answer and i couldnt get a straight answer anywhere so i came here. im hereing exactly what i wanted to here just not how i wanted to hear it

[Disagreeable]

Kid, you are killing me. I have looked up those darn TX statutes for at least 20 teens. Check back later, I will dig them up again. I believe in tough love. I don't want to see a child on the streets.
Read 25.03, 25.04 and 25.06.

http://law.onecle.com/texas/penal/chapter25.html

[drayia]

im sorry

[cdwjava]

If she gets "kicked out" then she can call the authorities who can take action against her guardian (grandma). They can also find a placement for her and provide for her. But, emancipation is not a realistic possibility at this time.

[Disagreeable]

If she gets kicked out, she can file for child support in her new home. Drayia, no need to apologize, I was tough with you on purpose. Our goal as volunteers here is not to encourage every teen to run away from home as soon as they can. You said it yourself, you do not view yourself as an adult even though you are 18. I have a son 17 and a step daughter 20. If I gave in to them every time they said I was being mean or I was abusive, they would not be forged into the young adults they have become.

[drayia]

If she gets kicked out, she can file for child support in her new home. Drayia, no need to apologize, I was tough with you on purpose. Our goal as volunteers here is not to encourage every teen to run away from home as soon as they can. You said it yourself, you do not view yourself as an adult even though you are 18. I have a son 17 and a step daughter 20. If I gave in to them every time they said I was being mean or I was abusive, they would not be forged into the young adults they have become.

thank you.

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some advice though? i come from a "tough love" kind of family. maybe my families "tough love" was different than yours but from my experience their "tough love" didnt have a positive effect on my mental stabability, it had the complete opposite. im gonna go now. thank you for all your help.