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    Question Can a 14-Year-Old Child Get Emancipated

    My question involves juvenile law in the State of: Im 14 years old and I live in Arkansas. My grandparents have had custody of me since i was 7 and its always been hard they sent all of us kids off to group homes or foster care. They recently kicked me out and im living with my sisters old foster parents im not a foster kid but im going to try to go to west plains MO with my brother or sister. Im not exactly sure how to go about this im not starting the emancipation now I cant until im 16 i will be trying to live alone after im 15 ill be 15 in march but ill wait 6 months to be able to get a job and save up but i need help to figure out what all i need to do...

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    My question involves juvenile law in the State of: Im 14 years old and I live in Arkansas. My grandparents have had custody of me since i was 7 and its always been hard they sent all of us kids off to group homes or foster care. They recently kicked me out and im living with my sisters old foster parents im not a foster kid but im going to try to go to west plains MO with my brother or sister. Im not exactly sure how to go about this im not starting the emancipation now I cant until im 16 i will be trying to live alone after im 15 ill be 15 in march but ill wait 6 months to be able to get a job and save up but i need help to figure out what all i need to do...
    Read the plethora of emancipation threads on this page.

    1. You have to be 16 in Arkansas to apply for emancipation. You're 14. You can't apply. You can't start it if you want to and you HAVE to wait until you're 16.

    2. Why would you "try" to live alone?

    3. In order to qualify you have to prove your parents don't mind if you move out, you can support yourself financially and legally and you are mature enough to live independently and it is in your best interest. At 14 I doubt any of those apply.

    4. https://www.arlegalservices.org/file...tionPacket.pdf - Emancipation worksheet. Have you looked through this to see what you have to do when you're 16 to be able to apply for it?

    5. https://www.arlegalservices.org/file...ancipation.pdf - More information

    You live where your grandparents tell you to live. If there is any abuse going on, report it. You can try to go to Missouri to live with your siblings but your grandparents can make you come home at any time if they are the ones with custody. Where are your parents?

    There's more to being emancipated than "saving" money. Do you understand what it takes to be an adult? To live on your own? You really think at 14 you're ready to handle a job, school, bills? There's rent, utilities, transportation. How are you going to get to school and work? You need to think about all these things and look through the emancipation paperwork. It's not common that minors get emancipated and it's not to escape a bad situation.

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    i currently have a job in arkansas...where i live they dont really like doing emancipation im not starting this now im starting it at 15 cuz it takes about a year to prove you can care for yourself

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    Before you can successfully be emancipated you need to be able to prove that you are already self-sufficient, not just that you can be if allowed to do so. There is no legal basis you can use that will force your grandparents to allow you to live alone, and if they did permit it when you were any younger than AT LEAST 16 and maybe even older, I would expect CPS to haul you into a group home or foster care and charge your grandparents with child endangerment. So I wouldn't count on emancipation; they will be LOOKING for reasons to deny it and I have no doubt they'll be able to find a reason.

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    i currently have a job in arkansas...where i live they dont really like doing emancipation im not starting this now im starting it at 15 cuz it takes about a year to prove you can care for yourself
    It isn't just about having a job. Again read all the other emancipation threads. Did you read through the checklist to see what you need? Are your grandparents going to approve of it? Because whoever has custody of you gets an opinion. They can show up to court and contest it. You also have to show that it's in your best interest.

    You don't seem to realize that it's not that easy to get emancipated. Also if you move to Missouri - Missouri's laws are different.

    I think you need to research this and realize there's more to this than you think.

    What kind of job do you have?

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    Like I said before im not starting it now ill start saving up and so thatw ay when i do move and try starting it then itll be easier

    I know its difficult to get emancipated ive also been looking up missouri laws and work permits rn im working with out one at a restaurant it is difficult thats why i am asking how to explain to them its for my best interest i mean after all my grandparents kicked me out

    i know i have to be able to show i can take care of bills and still keep up with school and a job i have looked up how much money it would cost. I plan on saving up money so that once im able i can have enough to be comfortable i know me being so young is going to be hard and i only have about a year now to figure out if this is really what i want to do. I have siblings that live on there own and i see how they struggle but they have kids they had kids at 17 and 18 id rather not turn out like them. thats why im seeking help.

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    Like I said before im not starting it now ill start saving up and so thatw ay when i do move and try starting it then itll be easier

    I know its difficult to get emancipated ive also been looking up missouri laws and work permits rn im working with out one at a restaurant it is difficult thats why i am asking how to explain to them its for my best interest i mean after all my grandparents kicked me out
    Tell the adult you're currently living with to file for guardianship, or have your sibling file.

    Hon, I'm sorry but you're not going to be emancipated. You cannot show the court that you're able to provide all of your own rent, utilities, food, transportation, health insurance, sundry items ... you just can't do that.

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    Like I said before im not starting it now ill start saving up and so thatw ay when i do move and try starting it then itll be easier

    I know its difficult to get emancipated ive also been looking up missouri laws and work permits rn im working with out one at a restaurant it is difficult thats why i am asking how to explain to them its for my best interest i mean after all my grandparents kicked me out

    i know i have to be able to show i can take care of bills and still keep up with school and a job i have looked up how much money it would cost. I plan on saving up money so that once im able i can have enough to be comfortable i know me being so young is going to be hard and i only have about a year now to figure out if this is really what i want to do. I have siblings that live on there own and i see how they struggle but they have kids they had kids at 17 and 18 id rather not turn out like them. thats why im seeking help.
    Like I said before you have stated nothing that shows you would get emancipation approved. You can't just start living on your own and file. You have to already have been living on your own.

    You plan on saving money but you haven't yet. You realize that life loves to throw curveballs right? You can plan all you want but the universe doesn't care about that. I never thought I'd be where I am but shit happens. I'm divorced and taking care of a medically complex 2 year old by myself. I was debt free after my first enlistment in the Army. I had a big chunk saved after deployments and reenlistments. Then I got with my ex husband. Now I have no savings. I have a loan and a huge credit card debt to pay off. You can't plan for everything. I'm 34. You're 14.

    As stated see if your siblings can get guardianship.

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