Help With Getting Emancipated

[mcknz_lucas]

I AM 16,ABOUT TO TURN 17 IN AUGUST! I CURRENTLY LIVE WITH MY MOM STEPDAD AND STEP BROTHER. I WANT TO BE EMANCIPATED BEFORE I TURN 17. MY STEPDAD TREATS ME LIKE CRAP AND HAS VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY ABUSED BE ON SEVERAL OCCAISONS. MY MOM HAS EVEN SLAPPED ME ACROSS THE FACE AND LEFT ME WITH A BLACK EYE.I WANT TO GO AND LIVE WITH MY BOYFRIEND WHO IS 18. IS THERE ANY WAY I COULD MOVE OUT OR GET EMANCIPATED. WE LIVE IN TEXAS AND I AM TIRED OF THE WAY THEY TREAT ME! THEY SAY WHEN THEY FIGHT IT IS ALL MY FAULT AND I AM THE REASON OUR FAMILY IS FALLING APART!!MY STEPDAD SAYS HE IS THE KING AND THAT THE MAN WHO HAS ALL THE MONEY MAKES THE RULES

[panther10758]

No judge anywhere is going to emancipate a teen so she can live with her Adult BF!! If your being abused contact CPS at 1-800-4 A-CHILD

[lokilenox]

i'm sorry, but i disagree... if a judge realises that with a SIGNIFAGANT other, is where you're happiest, mknz, then i'd say go ahead and try it. I left my house when i was 17, and i was put in an institution for a week and 3 days. it was the only way my parents could stop me from ggetting away from being happy. They almost put me in a coma me once i was out, by ODing me on my medication, and i left againbig suprise, right? and guess where i lived for the next two weeks? my signifagant other! my mother and i had gotten in a fight, because she found out i was in a PHYSICAL relationship, and felt i wasn't mature, or wise, enough to make my own decisions. She thought, if some mistake was made, and a child was concieved, that i wouldn't be able to take care of it. I have proven many times since, that as of now, at this moment, i am more mature, and secure, than she was at 15. 18 years ago. I have proven myself on many occasions, and i'm sure you can too. Just try to stand through it untill your birthday. If you can't wait till then, shelter yourself. Keeep away from the house as much as possible, stay after school, go to friend's houses, spend the nights elsewhere... whatever you feel you have to do.

sorry, Panther, but the laws in texas are diffirent than the laws in Cali. I'm not saying you're wrong, i'm just saying you're mistaken, because i've been through it. I've seen what it's like on the inside of hell... i've seen suffering... i know what pain and anguish is like... and i have come through it all... have you?

[panther10758]

Then by all means waste your time and money to go through a process that only has a less than 1% success rate under normal conditions and this is not normal. OP will need to prove she is "self" supporting. This will not include living with her adult BF!! Ok so show us how your going to support yourself without help! Judges do not grant these petitions so minors can shack up with adult lovers!

[panther10758]

Here ya go knock yourself out:




FAMILY CODE


TITLE 2. CHILD IN RELATION TO THE FAMILY


SUBTITLE A. LIMITATIONS OF MINORITY


CHAPTER 31. REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES OF MINORITY




§ 31.001. Requirements.


(a) A minor may petition to have the disabilities of minority removed for limited or general purposes if the minor is:


(1) a resident of this state;


(2) 17 years of age, or at least 16 years of age and living separate and apart from the minor's parents, managing conservator, or guardian; and


(3) self-supporting and managing the minor's own financial affairs.


(b) A minor may file suit under this chapter in the minor's own name. The minor need not be represented by next friend.


§ 31.002. Requisites of Petition; Verification.


(a) The petition for removal of disabilities of minority must state:


(1) the name, age, and place of residence of the petitioner;


(2) the name and place of residence of each living parent;


(3) the name and place of residence of the guardian of the person and the guardian of the estate, if any;


(4) the name and place of residence of the managing conservator, if any;


(5) the reasons why removal would be in the best interest of the minor; and


(6) the purposes for which removal is requested.


(b) A parent of the petitioner must verify the petition, except that if a managing conservator or guardian of the person has been appointed, the petition must be verified by that person. If the person who is to verify the petition is unavailable or that person's whereabouts are unknown, the guardian ad litem shall verify the petition.


§ 31.003. Venue.


The petitioner shall file the petition in the county in which the petitioner resides.


§ 31.004. Guardian Ad Litem.


The court shall appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interest of the petitioner at the hearing.


§ 31.005. Order.


The court by order, or the Texas Supreme Court by rule or order, may remove the disabilities of minority of a minor, including any restriction imposed by Chapter 32, if the court or the Texas Supreme Court finds the removal to be in the best interest of the petitioner. The order or rule must state the limited or general purposes for which disabilities are removed.


§ 31.006. Effect of General Removal.


Except for specific constitutional and statutory age requirements, a minor whose disabilities are removed for general purposes has the capacity of an adult, including the capacity to contract. Except as provided by federal law, all educational rights accorded to the parent of a student, including the right to make education decisions under Section 151.003(a)(10), transfer to the minor whose disabilities are removed for general purposes.


§ 31.007. Registration of Order of Another State or Nation.


(a) A nonresident minor who has had the disabilities of minority removed in the state of the minor's residence may file a certified copy of the order removing disabilities in the deed records of any county in this state.


(b) When a certified copy of the order of a court of another state or nation is filed, the minor has the capacity of an adult, except as provided by Section 31.006 and by the terms of the order.

[lokilenox]

OP will need to prove she is "self" supporting. This will not include living with her adult BF!! Ok so show us how your going to support yourself without help! Judges do not grant these petitions so minors can shack up with adult lovers!

i don't think i like your tone... you may not be verbalizing, but i can tell you one thing... you can support yourself while living with someone else. your relationship with them has nothing to do with it. that's like saying you can't live with a FRIEND and support yourself, because you MAY become physically attracted, and then you'd be a freelaoding teenager, who's not worth a second glance. a teenager can get a job, right? and when a teenager GETS said job, the money could, in fact, go twards the bills. if you're paying for the bills in the building, you're not freeloading. you're supporting the house/home, and yourself and whoever else is under the roof. it doesn't matter weither you have certian feelings for the person or not. and if "shacking up" is a problem, i guess half of the world's in trouble, huh? you know, times may have changed... but in the PAST... 15 year old girls were sold off to 34 year old men for wives... if that helps sway your opinion... not that either of our opinions count. the only one that counts is mknz's ... so i guess you think you know what it's like, and you feel like the world's done something great for you, huh? do you feel like you owe the world something, or do you just like to make teenagers feel like there's no hope?

Then by all means waste your time and money to go through a process that only has a less than 1% success rate under normal conditions and this is not normal.

there may only be one way where you're at, but that's not true here... honestly... when i went through it MY way, all the money i spent was for gas, and food from jack in the box, that night. from then on, everything was 50/50 with us, untill i needed to move in with my grandmother, and take care of her. so, apparently, it's not a HUGE waste of cash, and i'm not the only one i know, so it's definately more than 1%...

[panther10758]

OP asked for answer I gave them OP clearly thinks she knows better and so do you . I posted the statute and what was needed. I even posted the likihood of success. Argueing will do no good. If OP wants to pursue this then OP has what she needs to start. If you dont like the answer dont ask the question! OP is free to pursue this as I supplied what was needed.

[cyjeff]

i don't think i like your tone... you may not be verbalizing, but i can tell you one thing... you can support yourself while living with someone else. your relationship with them has nothing to do with it. that's like saying you can't live with a FRIEND and support yourself, because you MAY become physically attracted, and then you'd be a freelaoding teenager, who's not worth a second glance. a teenager can get a job, right? and when a teenager GETS said job, the money could, in fact, go twards the bills. if you're paying for the bills in the building, you're not freeloading. you're supporting the house/home, and yourself and whoever else is under the roof. it doesn't matter weither you have certian feelings for the person or not. and if "shacking up" is a problem, i guess half of the world's in trouble, huh? you know, times may have changed... but in the PAST... 15 year old girls were sold off to 34 year old men for wives... if that helps sway your opinion... not that either of our opinions count. the only one that counts is mknz's ... so i guess you think you know what it's like, and you feel like the world's done something great for you, huh? do you feel like you owe the world something, or do you just like to make teenagers feel like there's no hope?




there may only be one way where you're at, but that's not true here... honestly... when i went through it MY way, all the money i spent was for gas, and food from jack in the box, that night. from then on, everything was 50/50 with us, untill i needed to move in with my grandmother, and take care of her. so, apparently, it's not a HUGE waste of cash, and i'm not the only one i know, so it's definately more than 1%...

Where to begin?

First, what the social mores were or were not 200 years ago means nothing.

What you personally think about how much the OP's personal happiness is worth means nothing.

Just because you live on your own doesn't mean you are legally emancipated. Unless a judge declares that you are, you aren't.

No judge in any jurisdiction (even in Texas) is going to allow a minor to move in with a significant other that he/she is not married to. All this will create is a state sponsored path to abandoned teenage motherhood.

Panther provided you with the laws. Agree with them or not, they are the law... and, therefore, the rules under which this procedure happens.

Coming onto a legal site and saying that the laws don't have to be followed is just stupid.

Yes, I called you stupid.

I await your next poorly written and creatively spelled response.

[gigirle]

Panther provided you with the laws. Agree with them or not, they are the law... and, therefore, the rules under which this procedure happens.

Coming onto a legal site and saying that the laws don't have to be followed is just stupid.

Yes, I called you stupid.

I await your next poorly written and creatively spelled response.

ROFLMAO! You made my day cyjeff!

[cbg]

A judge's decision is not going to be made on where the poster will be happiest. It will be made on what is best for the poster. Obviously any teenager is going to be happier if they get to do what they want. It doesn't mean that's in their best interest.

One more time.

NO JUDGE IN ANY STATE IS GOING TO EMANCIPATE A TEENAGER SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE WITH THEIR BOYFRIEND. You are an IDIOT if you think otherwise.