I Need Emancipation

[Jandeah]

I am sixteeen about to turn seventeen in less than a month. I am working, going to school, and supporting myself. I believe i can take care of myself because my mother does nothing for me. I have to pay her rent out of everyone of my checks and I have to buy my clothes, pay my bus fare to school, give her money when she is in need, and try to keep myself up. Then she tries to control my every move. She won't let me use the phone so i bought me a cell phone and she still monitors my calls and takes my phone even though i bought it. She want let me talk to any males or friends. I can't go anywhere and we live in a situation that should be unlivable. She beats me whenever she thinks i did something wrong and she makes ME cater to her every need after i get off work. I cannot go anywhere and it feels like i am in prision. I have no life and cannot do what i want with my money. I really need to get out of this situation but i don't know how is there a way i can file for emancipation even though i don't have a child and i am not married?

[aaron]

To be emancipated in Michigan, absent a circumstance which automatically results in emancipation (such as marriage or active duty service in the armed forces), you would have to convince a court you are able to support yourself, and are capable of managing your financial and social affairs. Michigan's emancipation statutes are available online.