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    My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Texas

    I am 16 turning 17 in 6 weeks. My mom and grandparents on her side of the family have failed to provide a stable living condition for me. I have been kicked out countless times since I was as early as 14. In the past year my mom has filed false police reports on me and has had me arrested twice for those false reports. I have been supporting myself for the past two years as far as money, food, and shelter; as i have been kicked out and had to find places to stay during those times. Every time she kicks me out she calls the cops and tells them I ran away, resulting in me coming extremely close to being arrested as a run-away.
    Her parents, my grandmother mainly, has conservator rights over me but has never once offered to help me get out of this situation.
    She has had me taken away by CPS before but she is still mentally, verbally, and emotionally abusive to me. As I have mentioned emancipation to my mom multiple times, she has a few times said she would agree to it, but then changes her mind. If she sings for my disabilities to be removed, will I still have to go through a court???

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    If you are being abused, call CPS yourself.

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    There's nothing your mother can sign that will remove her legal obligation as your parent. You must go through a court and have a JUDGE determine that her obligation and authority over you is terminated. Having a history of being a runaway, as well as ANY type of criminal charge, whether based on truth or lies, is almost an automatic reason for a court to deny your petition, even IF you can show that you are fully capable of self support (the MAIN requirement of emancipation). Generally, parents are allowed to be mentally, verbally, and emotionally abusive. CPS is mostly concerned with whether you are being provided with shelter, reasonable clothing, a sanitary environment, enough food to eat, and are not being physically abused or in imminent danger of physical abuse or neglect. It is however a crime for your mother, if she is your legal guardian, to simply kick you out. You need to be calling the police and CPS when this happens. Keep in mind that while such a pattern of behavior from your mother MIGHT result in CPS removing you from her care, it will be totally up to THEM as far as were you'll go and where you'll live after removal - and will in NO way be a step towards "emancipation". Have you asked your grandmother to consider taking the steps to become your legal guardian, in light of your prior removal from your mother's care?

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