Well, my problem is that I've been raising myself since my parent's divorce when i was eight. My father sunk into depression after my mother took everything he had and my mother became abusive verbally and neglected me (this includes food, clothing, utilities for school, etc.). Recently, she lost custody of me (so going back to her isn't an option) and now I live with my dad, but he can't really provide anything for me. It isn't that he's poor or in debt or anything along those lines, its just that he doesn't know how to handle paperwork for school, medical, dental or anything along those lines. As he was an immigrant(he has citizenship now), he doesn't know what i need for any of this, and i can't do any of it on my own as i need my guardian to be with me when I do pretty much anything. He also works out of state at least 3 days a week and leaves me alone with my step mother (who doesn't seem to like me very much). My dad has agreed to my emancipation, as he feels it would be best for me, but i don't have a job because of the current job market or a place to stay after my emancipation. What I would like to know is if I can get emancipation as I am now without my mother's permission or not and why?
Update:*edit. I'm currently sixteen and graduating before i turn seventeen, so college is a big issue, and I can't fill out applications because my dad doesn't understand what information I need and insists on lying on my applications.
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You cannot be emancipated unless you can prove to the court that you and only you provide your sole financial support (pay your own rent, utility bills, groceries, insurance, transportation, medical costs). State aid does not qualify as income. Without a job, that would be impossible.
Quoting Colorado Code 19-1-103. Definitions
(45) "Emancipated juvenile", as used in section 19-2-511, means a juvenile over fifteen years of age and under eighteen years of age who has, with the real or apparent assent of the juvenile's parents, demonstrated independence from the juvenile's parents in matters of care, custody, and earnings. The term may include, but shall not be limited to, any such juvenile who has the sole responsibility for the juvenile's own support, who is married, or who is in the military.
here's the thing about emancipation. you have a snowball's chance in hell of actually getting legal emancipation. about 1%. what really happens is that a court deems you legally emancipated if you meet all the requirements. in other words you have to be emancipated before a court will so order it. have to have a full time job. have to rent and maintain a home. (pay all bills, etc). and you must continue school until graduation or you turn 18.
so, get a job. when you can, get dad to cosign for an apartment. then think about asking a court for a legal emancipation.
The court will require that you show you can support yourself (job, housing, transportation, health insurance, etc.) before they will grant emancipation. Doesn't matter if parents give or withhold permission.
If there is another adult that can manage these things for you until you become 18, your father can probably have them appointed as a legal guardian without giving up his parental rights. This guardian could then act in his stead.
Not all states have laws regarding emancipation. The States that do require at least the following:
-That you are financially independent of your parents;
-mature and have demonstarted ability to handle responsibility as an adult could;
-that it is in your best interest.
So without a job to prove you are financially independent, then I doubt a judge will grant you emancipation.
For emancipation there must be somewhat abuse. the fact that they are sending you to a rehabilitation software isn't abuse, till you may exhibit to the decide that the rehabilitation software would be risky or risky in some way. no remember if it somewhat is a fundamentalist rehabilitation software the place they're going to whip you with a rope, that would qualify. yet while it somewhat is a valid, mainstream software, then no, this is not grounds for emancipation.