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    Lightbulb Can You Get Emancipated While Living in a Group Home

    My question involves juvenile law in the State of: I am 15 years old, but I will be 16 in 2 weeks. I am in a group home as of this moment, I have been wanting to find a way to leave, get emancipated, or possibly going to a Youth Challenge. But I have not heard from a caseworker in almost 3 or 4 months. So here recently I have found my lawyers email and tried to get a hold of him. Can anyone by chance give me there opinion or what you think

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    Default Re: Can You Get Emancipated While Living in a Group Home

    The law on emancipation varies from state to state and you did not mention in what state you live. But understand that emancipation is not something that is meant to free a teen from a living situation he or she does not like. Rather, emancipation gnerally applies to situations in which a teen is already living on his/her own, is finacially self-supporting and needs to be freed from some of the limitations of being a minor, like the lack of legal capacity to enter into binding contracts.

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