Emancipation in Oklahoma

[xdancinthekillindancex]

Ok so I'm fifteen I turn sixteen in less than a month and I just got back home a cpl weeks ago. I had run away for three weeks and then a cop picked me up and brought me back I got off with just a warning but since I've been back life here has gotten worse. I tried talking them into emancipating me and while they(my violent sister and my basically worthless mother) agreed they told me when they looked into it that there was oly getting a job that pays a bang of money to get emancipated. I have been looking for a job and applying like crazy, but when your eleven year old nephew always answers the phone when you're gone and he is going through that whole rebel phase where he basically gets pissy over everything and tells potential employers nope no one by that name here its kinda hard. I was wonderring if anyone knew of any other laws or clauses or what not or even if they could explain this one to me better.

[panther10758]

Quoting Oklahoma Statutes, Title 10, Sections 91-94
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Section 91 - Procedure to Confer Rights of Majority - Petition - Jurisdiction and Venue - Decree.

The district courts shall have authority to confer upon minors the rights of majority concerning contracts, and to authorize and empower any person, under the age of eighteen (18) years, to transact business in general, or any business specified, with the same effect as if such act or thing were done by a person above that age; and every act done by a person so authorized shall have the same force and effect in law as if done by persons at the age of majority.

Section 92 - Procedure to Confer Rights of Majority-Decree

Any minor desiring to obtain the rights of majority for the purpose named in Section 91 of this title may, by his next friend, file a verified petition in the district court of the county in which such minor shall reside, or, if the minor is a nonresident of the State of Oklahoma, said verified petition shall be filed in the county in Oklahoma where said minor owns real estate, setting forth the age of the minor petitioner and that said petitioner is then and has been a bona fide resident of such county for at least one (1) year next before the filing of the petition, or that said minor is a nonresident owning property within the State of Oklahoma, and the cause for which the petitioner seeks to obtain the rights of majority. The petition should state whether or not the parents of the minor are living, and if living, their names and addresses; whether or not a guardian has been appointed for the minor and, if a guardian has been appointed, the guardian's name and address; who has legal custody of the minor and, if the person having legal custody is not a parent or the guardian, the name and address of the person who has custody. And the district court being satisfied that the said petitioner is a person of sound mind and able to transact his affairs, and that the interests of the petitioner will be thereby promoted, may, in its discretion, order and decree that the petitioner be empowered to exercise the rights of majority for all purposes mentioned in this act.

Section 93 - Notice of Hearing-Certified Mail and by Publication in Newspaper

When the petition mentioned in 10 O.S. 1971 Section 92 , is filed the court shall fix a day for the hearing thereof, which day shall be not less than fifteen (15) nor more than thirty (30) days from the date of the filing of the petition. Notice of the hearing of the petition shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, delivery restricted to addressee only, to the parents of the minor, if living, to the guardian of the minor, if one has been appointed, or to the person who has custody of the minor if such person is other than parent or guardian of the minor, and if both of the minor's parents are dead, the court may order that notice be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, delivery restricted to addressee only, to other relatives of the minor; provided, however, that no notice shall be sent to a person who endorses on the petition that notice of the day of the hearing is waived. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in some newspaper printed in the county where such petition is filed, and if there be none, then in some legal newspaper having a general circulation in the county one time, at least ten (10) days prior to the day set for the hearing of the said petition. Before the court may enter an order conferring majority rights in the hearing provided for herein, proof must be presented to the court at said hearing that notice was given to all persons entitled thereto as provided herein.

Section 94 - Costs of the Proceedings.

The costs of the proceedings under this Article shall be paid by the minor petitioner.

[xdancinthekillindancex]

ok well i just found out im pregnantand that father doesnt want anything to do with me what does the law say about that? in lamens terms pls oh and i am now sixteen if that has any effect on anything

[panther10758]

If you cant understand the law then you wont understand other documents needed for daily life

[cbg]

The first time you ran away from home you pretty much wiped out any chance you ever had of being emancipated. Also, being pregnant makes it harder, not easier, for legal emancipation.

Despite a widespread and completely mistaken belief to the contrary, pregnancy only confers medical emancipation (you, with your doctor's help, get to make the decisions about your health care and that of your baby). It does not, in any state, confer legal emancipation.