My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Tennessee.
My home life, for the past year, isn't going well at all. I don't find it abuse, but I'm afraid that it may turn into neglect. My mother and step-father are getting a divorce, and my step-father will be filing chapter 7, but my mom can't because she filed it on her medical bills a few years ago. That leaves my mom to pay all the bankruptcy stuff. She thinks that she'll be able to support herself AND me on what she makes while renting an apartment, but we all know otherwise. My step-father can only take one of us because he will have to live with his mother (low paying job), and it cannot be me. My mother is abusive to my brother. She is not to me, which is why I would have been staying with her and he would stay with my father. However, she refuses to accept the fact that she is horrifically depressed, and wastes all of her money on alcohol, sex, and drugs instead of seeking help. With her having to pay for my step-father filing chapter 7, an apartment, a car, her habits, and everything else she needs, she would not be able to support me, but she will not stop wasting cash, even if it puts her on the streets. The rest of my family has financial problems, too. I have no where to turn but myself.
I am a sophomore in high school, 15, turning 16 this summer. My grandmother and I were discussing this. She thinks that I should ask about it, because I am a gifted student, I am financially responsible, I both have an outside job and work for myself (Alterations and custom clothing), and I can get my own transportation. No, I am not living on my own, as of right now, but I could find a place. My question is, though, if I were to live separately, what would my chances be?
I understand that Tennessee has no official Emancipation Statute, however they do take cases.
Sorry for how long this is. I tried to include as much information as possible.
Thank you.

