Moving To Another State

[martinisweetie07]

So , Iam 16 years old and live in Oregon. I have had my GED dipolma for almost a year now and work two jobs and go to my local communtiy college, and turn 17 shortly. Me and my best friend who also has her GED want to move to Phoenix , arizona in september . My parents have no problem with letting me go but i am not 18 yet and are willing to emancipate me , (my friend turns 18 in september).. Can i legally get emancipated to move down there?

[aaron]

Lane County Legal Services provides the following information about emancipation in Oregon:

Emancipation gives you certain rights of an adult. You must be at least 16 years old, able to support yourself, live on your own, and manage your own affairs. You need to file a Petition for Emancipation with the Juvenile Court in the county where you live and give a copy of it to your parents. The court will set a hearing to make the decision. The judge will decide if it is in your best interest to be emancipated by considering whether you have been living away from your parents and can support and care for yourself without parental assistance and supervision. If the court allows you to be emancipated, your parents will have no duty to support you, you will be treated as an adult under criminal laws, and you will have the right to contract, sue, and be sued. Emancipation does not give you the right to drink alcohol, vote, or marry.

That should be true statewide.

You don't need to emancipate to move with your parents permission, but if you are in another state and have not emancipated it makes sense for them to consider giving somebody a power of attorney to assist with such things as authorizing emergency medical care.