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Question: How do I become emancipated from my step mom and dad (they're married and I live with them)?
Answer: The parents of a minor have a duty to support him or her. When a minor can show that he is able to support himself, he may become an emancipated minor. Whether there are legal formalities depends upon the state in which he lives. In California a minor may get a court to declare him emancipated.
In Arizona there is no statute providing for such a declaration. However, if a minor marries legally, and/or supports himself independently, with no need of support from a parent, he may be treated under the law as emancipated.
However, what this gets him is pretty much just the ability to be sued for debts that he incurs for his own support. It does not appear that it protects him from the efforts of the parent to control him.
Please check the specific statutes or laws in your state for more information.
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On 04/16/04
erin from IN said:
ok i have a question my friend is 16 and a great person and usually very happy around friends but at home she goes home to an abusive step father and a drunk mother she just had to be tested for drugs and she was clean but her mother thinks she is a drug adict and all that she calles her a slut and she cant move with her father bc the last time she did she got raped (when she was 7) now she is tired of all this she is so depressed she cuts all the time and i am afraid for her what can she do her mother wont sign to get emancipated...please help she needs it
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On 04/14/04
Jerika from OH said:
i am 15 years old i want to get my own custidy but my parents would fight it till the end... i have failed a drug test in the past month but my grandma said that i could go live with her... i live with my dad right now and i have been to 9 different schools... do you think that i have a chance of winning and if so how do i go about doing it?
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On 04/12/04
Kat from CA said:
I used to live in a group home, cuz my mom and I would fight all
the time. I became very depressed becuz of all the fighting and
accusations. When I moved back home about a year ago, things
were fine. But about two months ago, she started accusing me
of doing extrememly strange and dangerous things, and she is
causing me to become depressed all over again. She accuses
me of doing things that she has no proof of, and that I havent
even done. I really want to become emancipated, becuz living
with her is causing me a lot of pain. How do I become
emancipated, if u know some
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On 04/07/04
Cory from CA said:
Hi, I was wondering how to become emancipated. When I am with my Mom, all she does is yell at me for stupid things and she always comes home late from work. When I do see her, she's always yelling. When I go to my Dad's house, with my Step-Mom and half sister, all those 2 do is fight constantly. They get drunk every weekend and fight about stupid things. SO, I was wondering how do I talk to somebody about getting emancipated?
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On 03/18/04
Jessica from PA said:
Hi i was just wondering if your friend found the pappers, and if so if u can send them to me.
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