My mother and I had a serious non-arguement filled conversation about me leaving the house. I'm 17.
I'm in a situation and point in my life where I'm almost sure that I'm going to end up leaving again. (I've lived on my own/with other people before). However, this time I want to leave in good terms with her and do it right.
I've concidered getting emancipated, would that really help me out while trying to make it on my own?
Are you able to have anything under your own name once you are emancipated? Some please tell me a little bit about how it is and how it works to actually live as an emancipated teenager.
2006-09-26 14:51:09 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
I specifically need information on legal rights, like being able to rent, own, insurance....and all that type of stuff.
2006-09-26 14:58:04 · update #1
Landlords and etc do not have to rent to minors, emancipated or not, because legally nobody under the age of 18 can be held to a contract (such as a lease) that they have signed. This is regardless of whether they are emancipated.
Being an emancipated minor doesn't really give you much in the way of rights, what it really gives is to your parents - it frees them from ever having to be responsible for you, if you end up needing to return back home they can tell you to go take a flying leap, for example, without ending up in court for neglect or abuse.
Think carefully about this. I was emancipated at 17 and it was the hardest year of my life. I ended up homeless and almost had to turn to prostitution to eat.
2006-09-26 15:06:50 · answer #1 · answered by j3nny3lf 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no longer all states enable emancipation. for those that do, the prevalent effect is to alleviate father and mom of the job to provide help, which includes housing, and to alleviate the youngster of the job to obey the father and mom. It many times is merely accessible to those who've sufficient funds to help themselves with none the help of the taxpayers or absolutely everyone else. It does no longer replace your courting with absolutely everyone else contained in the global, which includes company, landlords, tattoo artists, etc.
2016-12-02 03:31:00 · answer #2 · answered by einhorn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When one is declared "emancipated" (by a court)....he or she is declared an adult and is then responsible for him/herself. Parents are no longer liable to care for you or pay bills, etc..
2006-09-26 14:56:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
at 17 you do not have to be emancipated,just leave.
2006-09-26 14:54:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
just wait one more year. you might be able to work things out, and if you didn't then at least you could dedicate that last year to living together and try again with new incentive to work things out.
2006-09-26 14:53:11 · answer #5 · answered by Tania La Güera 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋