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    Default How Easy Is It To Get Emancipated

    I just turned 16 last month, but my father and i do not get along at all. He says i am a troubled child and he wants to send me to therapy and to a military school. We are constantly fighting and i am tired of it. I have had a job since i turned 15 years old and i want to get emancipated. I have a place to stay and everything, but it is with my boyfriend at his aunts house. His aunt said that it would be fine if i stayed there and she would to anything to help me get out of there. I make great grades in school and i am very responsible... how easy would it be for me to get emancipated?

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    Default Re: How Easy Is It To Get Emancipated

    Read this.

    You chose to post in somebody else's thread. If you're also from Texas, read this as well.

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    Default Re: How Easy Is It To Get Emancipated

    "Easy" Its not in fact less than 1% of all petitions are successful. Now read this from our adminon this very subject

    Can you get emancipated? Probably not.
    Some states don't allow emancipation, or offer a very limited form that does not remove you from the custody of your parents.
    Those permitting emancipation often require that you already be living independently, supporting yourself from your own income and savings, before you can emancipate.
    Most states require that you be at least sixteen years old to emancipate.
    Some states require your parents to consent to emancipation, and all will let your parents oppose your petition to emancipate.
    Before you post you should review your state's laws by reviewing existing threads in this forum.

    Most likely, your complaints against your parents does not provide you with grounds for emancipation. The following complaints are not grounds for emancipation:
    I want to move in with my boyfriend/girlfriend, and my parents won't let me.
    My parents won't let me date.
    My parents ground me all the time.
    I hate my parents.
    My parents are moving and I don't want to go.
    I'm always arguing with my parents.
    My parents have too many rules.
    I want to live with my dad instead of my mom (or my mom instead of my dad).
    If you are being abused by your parents, you should report the abuse to the authorities. 1-800-4-A-CHILD.

    Most emancipation laws require you to be financially self-sufficient. That means you must be able to support yourself at the time you bring your petition for emancipation. It does not mean:
    I will live with somebody who will support me.
    Once I'm emancipated I'll be able to get a job and then I can support myself.
    I'll apply for public assistance after I emancipate.
    Pregnancy will not emancipate you from your parents.

    You will be entitled to make your own decisions concerning your medical care and the care of your child, but otherwise you will remain in your parents custody.

    As if you are pregnant you need to be able to support not only yourself, but also a child, the chances of becoming emancipated if you are pregnant are vanishingly small.



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