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    Arrow What Facts are Good Enough for Emancipation

    My question involves emancipation laws for the State of: Texas

    I'm 16 years old and turning 17 in September. But from what I know I can still get emancipated at 16. I know that I need to go to a Juvenile Court and what not, but here's my main problem. I dont know if I need my parents signature? If so then there's no way I'll be able to get emancipated.
    Here are my reasons of wanting emancipation:

    -Ever since 7th grade I've had a bad pain in my chest and it felt like it was my heart. So I told my mom and she said I'd be fine. Then it starts getting worse and starts affecting my breathing. I tell her and she doesn't say much she just tells me I'll be fine. So it took years of badgering my mom in order to see a doctor. Yes she did finally take me, but the medication he gave me didn't help. I asked her to take me again and she hasn't, and won't. So if the pain increases I don't know what'll happen to me.

    -I have an alcoholic stepdad. It hasn't been a problem til I was 12, and he'd wake me up late at night to try to talk to me. He would talk to me about his and my mom's problems with their marriage. And every single night he'd get drunk pretty much, so I'd go through this every week, and he always asked if my mom had ever cheated on him or if she was happy with him. And then he'd get all angry and say that he would want a divorce from her. I'm just a 16 year old girl. I don't want to hear that kind of stuff, a parent should never say stuff like that to their kids. I've tried talking to him while he was sober and it never worked. As if he was a totally different person while being intoxicated. So with the thought almost everyday of my parents getting a divorce and has affected me while at school not being able to focus on my work. It's saddening and puts a burden on my shoulders specially how my mom blames their arguements and fighting on me which makes it worse.

    Besides all that I'm ready to start my life,
    I have a job that if i asked for more hours they'd give it to me.
    So i could support myself.

    And also wanted to know if i HAD to get my own apartment,
    couldn't i live with someone else?

    Thanks.

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    Default Re: Good Enough for Emancipation

    To become emancipated you need to be ALREADY fully supporting yourself.

    A judge is not going to emancipate you for the reasons you mentioned; if you believe that you are being medically neglected for example you can inform a counselor at school (who is a mandated reporter) and CPS/DFS may become involved.

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    Default Re: Good Enough for Emancipation

    You've got it backwards.

    The judge will not look at your reasons for emancipation and then figure out how you will support yourself. You will have to prove to the judge's satisfaction that you are already self-supporting. Only when that determination has been made will he even LOOK at whether or not emancipation will be in your best interest.

    In Texas, to be emancipated at 16 you must ALREADY be living outside the home. Yes, that means that you must have parental permission. This will NOT happen without their cooperation. If they are unwilling to do so, then you will not be emancipated. End of discussion.

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