How might I become emancipated from my parents in Indiana?
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Because you are not emancipated, it is not your option to choose which parent has custody. In order to be emancipated the child must be a resident of the state where the petition for emancipation is filed. The child must be living separately from the parents and supporting themselves – legally. Also, the child cannot be a ward of the state. The child must be aware of and able to assume the consequences of emancipation, such as the responsibility of self-support and liability for making contracts, such as health insurance, etc. The determination will be based on a subjective determination by the court of what is in the child's best interests, based on all the facts and circumstances involved.