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    Default Daughter Wants Out


    Hey all. I am a father that lives in Norway. My ex has guardianship/partial custody of my daughter, who is 16 years old. She and her mother do not get along and my daughter tells me many things about what happens there.
    She has asked me about emancipation. I have told her what this site has said about her being indepent of the parent(s). My main question is this:
    Can I pay the child support I pay to my daughter if I go to the courts and request that ... to help with her emancipation/independence. Yes, I know it doesn't mean her independence completely but would the courts even look at it? She is at wits end and I can only hope that neither one lose it any time soon. Oh yeah, they live in CO.
    Anyone's input is appreciated.
    Thanks!
    Rob

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    Default Re: Daughter Wants Out

    If the kid is emancipated, that means she supports herself 100% with a full-time job.

    So if she's emancipated, you wouldn't owe her child support anymore.

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    Default Re: Daughter Wants Out

    Colorado does not appear to have a statutorily defined procedure for emancipation. It recognizes emancipation in its statutes:
    Quote Quoting Colorado Code 19-1-103. Definitions
    (45) "Emancipated juvenile", as used in section 19-2-511, means a juvenile over fifteen years of age and under eighteen years of age who has, with the real or apparent assent of the juvenile's parents, demonstrated independence from the juvenile's parents in matters of care, custody, and earnings. The term may include, but shall not be limited to, any such juvenile who has the sole responsibility for the juvenile's own support, who is married, or who is in the military.
    It thus appears that a Colorado court will recognize a minor as emancipated, but without a statute it's difficult to suggest the procedures, but as seniorjudge suggests the statute anticipates that any minor who is not married or in the military should be self-supporting as a condition of becoming emancipated, and would have parental consent.

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