|
emancipation
i am currently 16 but will be 17 in march. i am pregnant and think it would be best for me and my baby to live with the dad. we have been together for over 2 years and his mother is very supportive and will help us out. i want my baby to have as close to a real family as possible and its important for both of us to be with the baby. how can i get emancipated? technically his mother will be like my gaurdian and his family wants to help us
[ ]
Want to answer more questions in the Domesticity category?
Maybe give some free advice about: Parenting?
You probably don't need to get emancipated in order to live in the home of your boyfriend’s mother. You just need to convince your own parents that it isn't the end of the world. At seventeen, you can probably just move in with their family, so long as you tell your parents where you are, and you are safe there. The very most the police can do is bring you back home.
Notice I said their family. If you simply move in with him, into some apartment some place, the courts might not look on that favorably. But if you are living in an established and safe home, not much will be done to you. BUT YOUR PARENTS MUST KNOW WHERE YOU ARE, or both you, and your boyfriend’s family could get into deep shit of the harboring a minor/kidnapping kind. If you parents have no idea where you and their grandchild are, THAT is a crime.
You can't get emancipated AND then have his mom become your guardian. Being emancipated legally means having NO guardian, at all, period. To become emancipated you have to prove that you can be okay old is going to be okay without a legal guardian.
All that emancipation would really give you is the chance to sign contracts without your parent (i.e. to get married or rent your own home) and to avoid any legal issues your family might be facing (i.e. if they have been printing money illegally in your basement and you don’t want to be associated with that). Frankly, emancipation is a lengthy and expensive legal process that rarely even gets granted anyways! You’ll probably turn 18 before you managed to get emancipated. It’s just not worth it.
The best thing to do is start dialoguing with your own family about this now. With your boyfriend mother’s help in these conversations, so that they are on board with the idea of you living with her. If you genuinely believe that is the better environment for you and your child, it would be best for everyone if you can bring your own family around to that way of seeing it.
]
More Questions: |