'm living @ a group home right now & dnt want 2 live at home. Is there anyway 2 legally do that w/o my dad signing any papers... I'm 14 and he is technically my step dad but he adopted me as his own when my mom and him got married...
2007-02-16 05:41:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Not if you have been placed in a group home.
You have other problems to get yourself sent there.
2007-02-16 05:46:56 · answer #1 · answered by zen522 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Legally all you can do is get an attorney and set a motion for emancipation forth in a court.
However, this is hard to do, as it will make you an adult and completely responsible for your self. What this means is you have to be able to financially support your self. If your mother isn't in the picture, I will assume she is dead. I am sorry about this if it is so. You are entitled to funds from social security for her. However, this money goes to your step-dad until you are emancipated.
Being an adult is not what it is cracked up to be. I was emancipated at 14 when I finished high school. But all the worries that were taken care of by your parents (ie, food clothing, rent, phone, etc) become your worries. Think really hard about this.
2007-02-16 05:51:29 · answer #2 · answered by txpyxie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then why are you living in a group home? Have there been juvenile problems? You need to speak to a counselor or the like. You could petition for immancipation, depending on what the laws are in your state. But if you have had problems with truancy, drugs, or juvenile criminal acts then there is no hope for immancipation. Regardless, there isn't anything you can do without having an adult involved. Find an aunt, uncle, counselor, grandparents, who ever, ask your family for help, simply because we do not know what the situation really is on any level and having an adult that you know and trust is the best solution to any problem until you are of age.
2007-02-16 05:50:49 · answer #3 · answered by Austins Mom 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i don't think of anybody in this board can furnish you with more beneficial advantageous advice than your legal professional. In Texas (i'm no longer particular of the guidelines elsewhere) newborn help and visitation are 2 seperate subject matters. basically because he has to pay newborn help would not advise that he immediately receives joint custody or visitations ... on the different hand, if he does get visitations, you are able to not withhold them if he's not paying newborn help.
2016-12-04 06:26:52 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
him or mom must sign...and yes he is your legal father now
2007-02-16 05:44:42 · answer #5 · answered by sunbun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋