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    Default Getting Out Of Bad Home

    My friend is 16 and she is stuck in a hell hole of a house. I've been looking around but I can't seem to find out how to help her get started on becoming emancipated. If ANYONE can find any information on NY state law on emancipation I will appreciate it if they can email it to me as soon as possible. My email address is vein823@yahoo.com

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    Default Emancipation Law in New York

    It is my understanding that New York does not have a law which provides for emancipation. (That is, unlike in most states, there is no mechanism by which a minor can go to court and formally petition to be declared an emancipated minor.) However, it is also my understanding that New York courts will recognize the status of an emancipated minor, assuming that the minor meets the essential elements of being emancipated.

    Those required elements are:

    * The minor must be aged 16 or older;
    * The minor must reside independently of his or her parents;
    * The minor must be self supporting (although public assistance or court-ordered child support payments made to the minor would not disqualify the minor from being recognized as emancipated);
    * The minor must not be in need of or receipt of foster care; and
    * The minor must be living beyond the custody and control of his or her parents.

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