Florida Emancipation Information

[kourtnie]

i will be 17 the 27 of this month... i work full time, have my ged, pay for my insurance on my car, pay my own cell phone bill and i have been saving money to get an place to live... my only question is how old do you have to be to be emanciated? how old in florida do you have to be to legally move out?? i was told at 17 and 6 months i could.. my father is very verbally abusive and has hit me many times... i have called the police and they call back and he says that i am just upset at him and that is why i have called... i do not want to live with my mother.. we dont have a good relation ship.. she lives in georgia.. can someone please help me....!

[Happy Trails]

i will be 17 the 27 of this month... i work full time, have my ged, pay for my insurance on my car, pay my own cell phone bill and i have been saving money to get an place to live... my only question is how old do you have to be to be emanciated? how old in florida do you have to be to legally move out?? i was told at 17 and 6 months i could.. my father is very verbally abusive and has hit me many times... i have called the police and they call back and he says that i am just upset at him and that is why i have called... i do not want to live with my mother.. we dont have a good relation ship.. she lives in georgia.. can someone please help me....!

You are still considered a minor until you are 18 years of age.

Parents of a minor would need to petition for your emancipation.

Have you reported the abuse to CPS?

[kourtnie]

when i was younger i called a hot line and i told them that i am afraid of him and they said there was nothing they could do... it seems he picks on me if i breath wrong and if i try to talk to him i get grounded or hit or yelled ever mean name in the book... i have a boyfriend of 16 months and his mom is more family then my own.... if i do report it i am scared they will send me to my moms and she drinks non-stop and it is the same environment.. so what good would that do.. my b/f mom has said i could live with her and his sister.. or i could move in with my b/f.. just ne where is better than here..

[Happy Trails]

when i was younger i called a hot line and i told them that i am afraid of him and they said there was nothing they could do... it seems he picks on me if i breath wrong and if i try to talk to him i get grounded or hit or yelled ever mean name in the book... i have a boyfriend of 16 months and his mom is more family then my own.... if i do report it i am scared they will send me to my moms and she drinks non-stop and it is the same environment.. so what good would that do.. my b/f mom has said i could live with her and his sister.. or i could move in with my b/f.. just ne where is better than here..

If you are getting abused then you keep reporting it until they investigate.

You can not legally live with your boyfriend's parents without having parental consent.

You'll find the requirements for FL emancipation in this thread:

http://www.expertlaw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23780

[cbg]

You cannot move out without permission until you are 18 unless you are removed from the home by CPS.

[Happy Trails]

http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/abuse/

[kourtnie]

then how do i get a hold of them?? they would not put me in foster care would they?? my father told me to leave just last night but then he said if i did he would make my life worse then it is already...

[Happy Trails]

then how do i get a hold of them?? they would not put me in foster care would they?? my father told me to leave just last night but then he said if i did he would make my life worse then it is already...

See my post above yours (we were posting at the same time.)

No one can say what for certain if you will be removed from the home. However, they may recommend counseling to improve the family situation, perhaps find other living arrangements for you and yes, that may include putting you in foster care.

[kourtnie]

i would ratherput up with it then to be put into foster care.. they never helped befor what makes this time different?? i have dealed with it for almoset 17 years... what makes one more specail

[Happy Trails]

If you go to that link it will answer your questions. I don't have all the facts as to why they haven't intervened.

As I said, it is possible that they won't remove you from the home and that counceling will help in this situation.