In need of Emancipation Papers

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AbjectFailure

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Could you all please tell me where to find the papers, and how the whole process works?

I am only 15, but I need, as if it is written in the stars, to divorce my mother.

To start off with, she tries to employ the parenting techniques of her mother, whom she disowned, along with 1 brother, 1 sister, 1 sister's husband, a sister-in-law, 1 niece, 4 nephews, and some other family.

My mother, a divorcée, is incapable of proper parenting. Paired with her traditional Souther boyfriend, his sexist and racist views such as, "Why is he(referring to me) in the house all day? That's the place Anna (my older sister, who is luckily out of the house and preparing for Grad school) should be," and his excessive use of the N word. That, coupled with the fact his profanity and smoking habits are way out of control, make them the worst of the worst.

To start off with he said behind my back while they were outside and I was in a room, to my mother, "He acts like a homosexual. I swear to you...he's a woman trapped in a boy's body. I've seen it on TV." Now her response is possibly the highlight of my life, "..."

Silence. Absolute silence. When I confronted her about it, she says to me, "I didn't know what to say. You never talk to me about sexuality."

Even so, it is the divine and unquestionable obligation that parent's have to protect their children, isn't it?

He even went as far as calling me embarrassing. I'm very feminine in truth, but it gave him and his narrow-minded views any right to verbally assault me as he did.

In the end if it came down to my mother choosing between her boyfriend, and her children, I'm not sure who she would choose. Which is strikingly not surprising to me. Raised in a third world country, she expects us to abide by her rules while she has a set for herself.

1. You're not allowed to eat in the living room.
- She eats in the living room.

2. You shouldn't have sex until marriage.
- I discovered an open box of condoms while I was, unfortunately, helping her look for her credit cards. You would think an awkward conversation should happen, she yelled and said, "Why were you even going through my things." How rude, and so trashy.


Shall I go on?

I turn 16 on October 24th, but I'd rather give them to her on her birthday. It would be the ultimate revenge for her ruining my childhood and proving to her that her methods of discipline, time and time and time and time again, will not work.

She says I have an attitude, and blamed my sister for "making him this way."

Vices? I have plenty, but I was destined to have a mother who is pretentious, a hypocrite, and as I see her...unfit to bear the title of a mother.
 
As you've not provided a state (that I noticed), you cannot be provided with the statutes.

In general though, with the information that you have provided, it falls under the category of: I don't like my parents. That isn't what emancipation is for. Emancipation is for children who through no fault of their own NEED the ability to take care of themselves legally.

Just because your mother has a second set of rules for herself doesn't mean that she is unfit. LEGALLY, to be declared unfit, your mother has to be a cracked out, having sex in front of you, not feeding you, living on the streets, etc. Just because she has sex and eats in the livingroom doesn't mean that she is unfit.
 
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Additionally, there are only two states that will even consider emancipating a 15 year old.

And in all states that will emancipate a minor of any age at all (not all states will) you have said not one word about how you plan to support yourself, and a judge will want to see your budget with how much you earn, how much will go to rent, how much to utilities, how much to food, and on to clothing, transportation, medical care, school fees and supplies, and all the other incidentals of life, and your plan for independent living (i.e. how you are going to balance earning the money to support yourself while still going to school and getting good grades). You will have to prove to his satisfaction that you can pay 100% of your own expenses before he will even LOOK at what reasons you have for emancipation. And the reason you have given will NOT cut it. Not even close.
 
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