What are the requirements for becoming emancipated?
Full Question:
I'm sixteen (almost seventeen) and I'm wondering if there's anyway I can file for emancipation. I only live with one parent, which is my mother, and her only means of financial support are through a man (whom she does not like, but gives her money to support me) and he gives her 300 + dollars weekly. She refuses to get a job, she causes me a lot of emotional stress, and she seems to have a lot of mental problems. Every time we go to a counselor she stops because she finds a way to get offended by what they say. It's incredibly difficult living with her, all she does is sit on the couch all day and make my life miserable. She hasn't hit me, but only because she knows I could get taken away. And she considers me staying with her a punishment almost, and she also knows that if I leave she'll have nothing. The guy supporting her will eventually stop, and she won't be able to take care of herself. What money we do have she wastes, and there was a point. We had over $15,000 but she wasted that on drug money (about three years ago, though I assume she isn't on drugs anymore). We don't have enough food, and she's not doing anything to try and better our situation. She's on anti depressants and she has a rifle under her bed (because she has this problem with fighting with neighbors, so she felt like a rifle would scare them off). I just feel uncomfortable living here, and it's not a good enviroment and hasn't been for 16 years. I can get a job and get money, and I'm sure that Danny (guy who's giving her money, and refers to himself as my "dad") could help me with money. And I'd have a place to stay, (except I don't have my license yet, but I definitely could find means of transportation until then) I was just wondering, though, if there's anyway I could get emancipated due to all this?
10/26/2007 |
Category: Minors ยป Emancipation... |
State: Indiana |
#11031
Answer:
Please see the information at the following links:
http://lawdigest.uslegal.com/minors/emancipation-of-minor/6508/