Confused about emancipation options

[JaneDoe0608]

I am 17 years old and I live with my mother. I want to move out of her home and live with my boyfriend. I recently found out that I am pregnant and am too afriad of how my mother will react to the news. She has recently been laid off from her job as a state employee and has been on my back about why I have been eating so much. In a few months I will start to show and I have no job is there any way for me to emancipate myself even though I do not have a job at this time? My mother says that the only way that I will be able to leave her home is if I emancipate myself what is there that I can do? :?

[aaron]

Indiana has no emancipation statute, but it may nonetheless be possible to convince a juvenile court to grant emancipation where the court finds:

1. The petitioning minor wishes to be free from parental control and protection and no longer requires control and protection;

2. The petitioning minor understands the consequences of being free from parental control and protection

3. The petitioning minor has sufficient money for the child's own support; and

4. The petitioning minor has an acceptable plan for independent living.

It doesn't appear that you would meet those requirements. You could petition a court to permit you to marry your boyfriend, if that is an option.