Do I have a good enough reason to be EMANCIPATED from my parents?
heres my situation:
i used to live in NC. i loved it there. i had the best friends ever. it really felt like home. and now my parents made me move with them to New Jersey. i hate it here. and i dont get along that great with my parents. and its not just missing my friends from NC, i feel like i have no life, no future in NJ. i hate it here. i literally cant stand it. i miss living in NC so much that it actually causes me physical pain. it was the only place that i've ever felt wanted. i have no friends in NJ. im 15. and i have a part time job. if i move back to NC, i will have a place to live. i really need some answers fast!
Answers:
nope
Being a spoiled brat is not a good enough reason.
No.
No, that is totally not a good enough reason. Your parents will contest it and a judge will be on their side.
Deal with it, try to make friends, and relax. Lots of people have trouble when they move to a new place, plus, I'm sure you're not the first person to realise that Jersey sucks, but that's not a legal reason to be considered an adult! In fact, just the fact that you are asking pretty much shows that you're too juvenile to handle yourself in the real world.
Can you guess what an ACTUAL adult would do?
I think making a child live in NJ qualifies as abuse.
Nope, not good enough. Give it a chance and some time. You really cannot go home again. Time to grow up and face new challenges. Your friends in NC will still be your friends.
One question before I continue my answer. Have you ever lived in New Jersey before you lived in NC?? I'm saying is that if you never lived in NJ you should try it out.
sorry but hating where you live isn't a good enough reason. stop comparing the two places and look at new jersey as it's own place. i know that this isn't what you want to hear. but think about it okay? new jersey and north carolina are very different. stop comparing them and look and see what new jersey has to offer. you are making yourself miserable; nothing else.
If you havent been there long I'd guess that youre not really giving it a chance. Pretty much anyplace has something good about it.
Just because you dont like it in Jersey, doesnt mean you have to stay... You can do whatever you want when your 18... Keep in touch with your friends, visit them as often as possible, have them visit you, continue working and save your money! You can go back once you turn 18 and until then, appreciate the fact that your parents are feeding, clothing you and keeping a roof over your head... Your too young to be on your own and don't get ahead of yourself - it isnt easy out there... I'm 39 and what I wouldnt give to be 15 again...Im sure I speak for most at my age when I say that..
Considering your age, i think you should give it a bit fo time to get use to and see how you go ok?
Just think how long it took u to make frnds back in NC and think how long you have been in New Jersey and consider that in time to come you will get to know ppl and ur social life will be much better. if after some time you really dont think it will get any better than move back with some family (if u have) but not on ur own ur too young.
You should check the state laws on emancipation, they vary from state to state. Most however want to know that you will be employed (full time with proof) and fully capable of taking care of yourself and proof that you will have a place to live. I would suggest if you are having trouble with the move and your parents but it isn't serious trouble (like neglect or abuse of any kind that poilce should be called in to) than maybe you should think about seeing a therapist
My mom moved me to California when I was 16 and I didn't have any friends, and I REALLY didn't fit in and I hated it. But now that I look back on the resons why I didn't like it, I could have put forth more of an effort...such as sitting at a different lunch table each day and bringing stuff to share with everyone at that table like cookies or cupcakes and just sat and talked and made some friends. I moved to Ca, after living in NY for about 13-14yrs. of my life and I had friends in NY, I knew what school was like there and that was where my life was. Maybe if you start making some friends where you live now you'll start having more of a life. Also, start looking at colleges outside of NJ. so that you will have a future. Honestly I don't think it's a good enough reason to be emancipated from your parents, because many kids feel pretty much the same way you do when they move from someplace they have lived most if not all their life. But it's for you and a court to decide.
I have to agree with everyone. You absolutely do not have any grounds for anything. It sucks, but you are still a minor and still have to do as you are told. Your parents are not abusive and you have no reason for emancipation (such as getting married or escaping an abusive home). Also, 15 is waaaaaaay too young. Most judges will only emancipate a 17 year old or in rare situations a 16 year old. Furthermore, how do you plan on petitioning for emancipation? Do you have the money for a lawyer ($300 an hour or so)?
Sorry, work on surviving in NJ and go back to NC to visit friends on vacations. You will adjust eventually.
In my opinion, that is not a good enough reason. Your family is really more important than those friends that you have in North Carolina. Just because you moved away from them, it doesn't mean that you automatically stop being friends. You can keep in touch. With your part time job, you could purchase a calling card to keep in touch. Also, you are angry because you didn't want to move in the first place. Therefore, you have made up your mind to be rocky with your parents, you don't want to forgive them for inforcing change in your life. You have also made up your mind that you don't want to make new friends in New Jersey. You will learn one thing as you grow older. Friends will come and go, but your family never will. I know that this is not what you want to see/hear, but trust me I understand from experience. I'm 17 years old so don't think that someone the same age as your grandmother is telling you this. Don't disregards this message of advice.
Lawfully that is not a good enough reason. As long as you are being cared for..food, clothing, shelter, medical care..ya know a healthy environment there is not much you can do until you are 18. I'm sorry to hear you have a bad relationship with your parents. I hope it is just you being an adolescent and not that you really have bad parents. They legally have custody of you..if there is no lawful reason to take you out of your parents home.then you are stuck with them, unless they say otherwise. If you try to leave without ther consent, they can report you as a runaway and have you brought back to NJ, or even worse sent to a juvenile home...which believe you me is worse than NJ I'm sure.
Look your young and moving sucks...I know I had a really hard time after my parents divorce and I had to move to God knows how many different schools and cities and I was depressed for a long time. But one day I got up and went outside met new kids and had a blast. It's tough and it sucks, but it is a learning experience...you learn to cope and deal with change..you become a stronger person in time. So be strong, suck it up, and keep truckin' in three years time youi can do whatever it is you want to do,
Oh, I'm 21...so it wasn't too long ago that all this happened...I was 12 when they divorced, and I haven't really had a stable home since, but I will buy my own soon and all will be good.
I don't think you have the beginnings of an idea what emancipation means, and I do not think you would qualify because your reasons are emotion-based and not based on any legitimate argument. You are fifteen and you should be still involved in school. If you don't finish your education you will not be able to earn a decent living enough to support yourself in the basics of life, never mind if something happens where you get sick, or you have an accident and need lengthy and/or expensive medical care.
You are wanting emancipation just because your parents moved, and forced you to go with them, and you are pissed off because you lost direct contact with your friends in the old place.
You say that if you move back to NC you will have a place to live. how, where, with whom? Who will be paying for that roof over your head, and buying the laundry detergent, and supplying the household utilities that you will need for your daily human necessities?
Based on the information you have given, especially concerning your reasons for wanting emancipation, I would say that it ain't gonna happen. We don't always get in life exactly what we want, when we want it, and you are in the process of learning this valuable lesson. Look, you have only another three years to go before you will be legally entitled to get out there on your own, make your own way, make your own decisions, and take the full weight of adult responsibility on your own shoulders. Just remember, with freedom comes a whoooooole lot of responsibility. You may not be ready for that kind of responsibility when you are 18. You darn sure are not ready for it now, and the minute you get into a bind over something where you bit off more than you can chew, you know, and I know what you are going to do. pick up the phone and call your parents to bail you out.
Get over your pissed-offedness, honey. You are going to be an adult for a long time and you'll have to get over a lot of that before you're old and grey. If you want to show how much of an adult you really are... get out there and ACT like one right now. Make new friends, stay in touch with your old friends through phone, letter or computer, and make a new life for yourself in your new location.... just for now. At the same time keep working at your education, because the more of it you can absorb, the better prepared you are going to be in another three years or so, to become the truly independent adult that you wish to be.
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