I am also 17 and living in ohio. I want to be emancipated for several reasons. First there is the fact that I have already been removed from one parent to another, because of verbal, and a little physical abuse, also there was alot of neglect involved. And now living with another parent, there is even more neglect. I have very decent grades and am in the top 10% of my class, I have my own job, but my parent and their spose refuse to give take me because they say they are too tired, even though they are the ones who prefered me to get a job to help pay for my things. They do not pay for my food, my driving classes, my school fees, and other minor things, I support myself finacially or when I need something, and the spouse of my parent refuses to feed me. I've recently decided to become a veggitarian and every since, I've had to wait from pay check to pay check to buy my food to keep in the house because they are constantly saying "If you don't eat what I've made your not hungry", they also abuse me verbally and neglect to even acknowledge when I am around. I'm wondering if there are any acceptions to the emancipation laws in ohio, because why should I have to suffer because a parent doesn't wish to do their job as a parent? If anyone has any information on this please let me know! Thank You