Emancipating your parents in Texas...?
I am 16 years old and live in Keller, TX.
I want to emancipate my parents and move out to nearby apartments with my friend.
Honestly, I'm not choosing to do this because I hate my parents or anything. I just want to live on my own. I'm sick of sponging of them. I guess I just grew up too quick.
Anyways... What would be the steps I would have to take to make this possible?
I also have a good paying job (8.50 an hour) and since its summer, i'm working full-time.
So what are the steps?
Also, I don't even have my driver's permit, but if I emancipated my parents, would I still have to go through Driver's Ed and all that, or would I be able to at least get a hardship license or something?
Answer:
Texas does not have emancipation but it does have: Termination of Parental Rights.
In Texas, a child does not “divorce” the parents. For a minor to live separately from the parents and have the right to contract-meaning buy cars and rent apartments-the child must go through a court procedure called Removal of Disabilities of a Minor. 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 their own affairs. Texas Family Code section 31.001.
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