My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: New York.
I'm 15 years old and in a few months I'll be turning 16, until then I plan on doing even better in school (not that I do bad now, I just want to step it up) and I plan on getting a job asap. There are a whole lot of family problems. And neither of my parents can even take care of me, they are both disabled and are almost both crazy. I've been in physical fights with an older sister who's in her early 20's, where they get really bad. I don't want anyone of them in trouble. I just want out. It's never calm in the house and there's always fighting. If I stay it's going to affect how I do in school big time, and I just can't handle it anymore. I know that as soon as they find out about me trying to get emancipated in a few months they are definatly going to freak. They will try and make sure I don't leave. And if they find out I'm afraid of what they're going to do to me because they are always saying I need to get beat and that's what I'm going to start getting.
I'm good in school, and I don't do anything wrong.
Where or who should I go to, to talk about this?
Would I be able to get emancipated? Or what can happen?
How long might the process take?
I really want to finish school and do well, and go on to college and staying in this family is pretty much throwing my life away and I don't want to end up like my sisters.
I really need out, and things are just getting worse.

