what does a teen have to do in order to be emancipated in texas?

Answer 1

find out weather or not the process has to be taken care of in court, and you have to give a good reason why you want to be emancipated, and the court will ask you if you have a place to live, are doing good in school, and if you have a way to support yourself, and if you answer yes to these questions and can prove it, they will most likely emancipate you!

good luck with this!

Answer 2

In Texas, at age seventeen you do have the right to petition a court to be emancipated from your parents' control.

If you want to read the Texas emancipation law, consult Chapter 31 of the Texas Family Code. The Texas Family Code can be found in the link below.

http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/fa....

Answer 3

For a minor to live separately from the parents and have the right to contract (e.g., to buy a car, rent an apartment), the child must go through a court procedure called "Removal of Disabilities of a Minor" in Texas.

The law requires that the child requesting Removal of Disabilities of a Minor by the court show: 1) that the minor is at least 16 years old, living separate from the parents; and 2) the minor is self-supporting and managing his/her own affairs. (Texas Family Code section 31.001).

Procedural requirements dictate that the parent, managing conservator, or guardian ad litem appointed by the court must sign the petition in the presence of a notary. (Texas Family Code section 31.002).

Further, the place to file this application, the venue, is the county where the minor lives. (Texas Family Code section 31.003).

The amount of time this application takes may be dictated by, among other things, the level of cooperation of the parties, the schedule of the ad litem, and the docket of the court in which it is filed.

A link to the Texas Family Code is below.
http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/fa.toc.htm

Answer 4

You must either be ajudicated as emancipated, by the court, or you must get married. In being ajudicated as emancipated, you must petition the court and convince them that it is in YOUR best interest to be emancipated.