I'm a sixteen-year-old girl in West Virginia and am emancipated from the state. My mom and dad died a few weeks ago, and my sister and I were given to the state, and I was able to prove my financial independence and am definitely able to provide for my sister. I'm living in the house our parents left to me in DC, and their jobs were successful enough that we have enough money for me to be able to be financially independent without a job. I have a job (anyway) that provides insurance, and am still in school, and have several adults (among them my sister's doctor, friends' parents, and teacher) who are willing to give depositions on my behalf. The problem is that I'm not entirely sure the law even allows for emancipated minors to have custody of a non-emancipated minor, in which case it wouldn't matter if I had a good chance of proving I was a worthwhile guardian. Can I get custody of my little sister?

