17 Yr. Old Wanting To Move Out??

[JanettGtrrz]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Colorado

I'm 17 Years old and currently going to get a job. I have family issues with my older brother and i've talked to my mom, and she is ok with me moving out. I mean she agrees, but she and i want to do everything legally. I have a place to stay and since for the mean time i don't have a job i would be moving into a 2 bedroom apartment with a friend that lives with her cousins, and me and her would be sharing a room. We agreed that i would do the cooking and cleaning since i don't exactly have a job yet and she would help me out money wise until i did. I am currently in my senior year of high school and also attending a technical college to get a license for nail technician, i have plans for my future i don't want to leave my house just to be a mess i want to be living calm and without so much stress, so i can pay more attention to my school and not to home problems. So i was wondering how would this process work and how soon can i do this?

Thanks Much

 

[cbg]

Your state does not have a statutory means for a minor to be emancipated, but it will in some cases recognize a minor who is already living on her own as being emancipated. What this means to you is that there is no legal process you are required to go through.

Since your mother is on board with this, it's more or less between the two of you (and the school district, which may have its own rules about enrollment) how you go about it. As to when you can do it, again since your mother is in agreement you can do it as soon as you find out what the school district says about enrollment and you're able to find a place to live that you and your mother both agree on.

 

[CdwJava]

Where is DAD in all of this? Mom may be okay with her daughter moving out to shack up with some older guy, but what about dad? As CO has no specific emancipation law, she may have to wait until 18 to go play house.

 

[JanettGtrrz]

Dad is a lazy man who wasn't responsable enough to care for his children not just moneywise but emotionally and all that i havn't seen him since i was 4 i talked to him last year but he didn't seem to have interest in talking to me at all. I might just move out in less than a month we talked but thanks

 

[callie212]

Where is DAD in all of this? Mom may be okay with her daughter moving out to shack up with some older guy, but what about dad? As CO has no specific emancipation law, she may have to wait until 18 to go play house.

Sounds to me like she's talking about a female friend, not a boyfriend or partner...but regardless, why can't the older brother move out? I assume he is 18 or older and no longer in high school.

 

[Proserpina]

Sounds to me like she's talking about a female friend, not a boyfriend or partner...but regardless, why can't the older brother move out? I assume he is 18 or older and no longer in high school.

callie, OP's post history is a must here,

(re: other thread - I called it. The OG Effect is alive and well )

 

[>Charlotte<]

This girl is a trainwreck waiting to happen.

She wants to move out of her mother's house, she wants to play grown-up, she wants to know if her 20 year old illegal boyfriend can stay in the US if she marries him, and she's considering getting pregnant to expedite that process. She's 17.

She also finally resorted to lying about talking to an attorney who told her everything is going to be just peachy.

Nobody here can help this girl. She's a statistic.

 

[JanettGtrrz]

Would you like the number of the attorney so you can see for yourself and yes finally somebody understands. Yes he moved out in february of this year and came back August he's 21 has no life at all, smokes, has a low pay job, a high school drop out and mom says nothing about it. He tells me to watch my back because he will make my live a living hell I sincerely prefer to be at the park walking or playing my viola at school or just anywhere besides home. I don't want to leave my house because of a tantrum i want to be calm, and not stressed out all the time my hair is even falling out now. I want peace i don't want to leave my house to flip my life upside down, i know what i want in life.

 

[Proserpina]

Would you like the number of the attorney so you can see for yourself and yes finally somebody understands. Yes he moved out in february of this year and came back August he's 21 has no life at all, smokes, has a low pay job, a high school drop out and mom says nothing about it. He tells me to watch my back because he will make my live a living hell I sincerely prefer to be at the park walking or playing my viola at school or just anywhere besides home. I don't want to leave my house because of a tantrum i want to be calm, and not stressed out all the time my hair is even falling out now. I want peace i don't want to leave my house to flip my life upside down, i know what i want in life.

Call your attorney back. Ask him/her exactly how your EWI boyfriend will be able to adjust his status based upon his marriage to a US citizen without him having to leave the country first.

Then you come back and tell us.

Deal?

 

[smutlydog]

I feel sorry for her. I am 75% Mexican and 25% German and live in a city 100 miles from the border. My family immigrated to Texas one year after the civil war ended. I call these men from Mexico Taliban extremist because of the way they treat women. She said she has dreams. Well, its time to stop dreaming because these men treat women like property.

 

[stealth2]

i want to be calm, and not stressed out all the time

Then the last thing you should do is have a baby. Seriously.

 

[smutlydog]

Then the last thing you should do is have a baby. Seriously.

I see this all the time. The solution to an unhappy life is to make babies. The zip code I live in has one of the highest crime rates in the nation because of this. I am not trying to be judgmental. Regrettably, my mother made that exact same mistake.

 

[mistoffolees]

I see this all the time. The solution to an unhappy life is to make babies. The zip code I live in has one of the highest crime rates in the nation because of this. I am not trying to be judgmental. Regrettably, my mother made that exact same mistake.

I just saw the latest figures. My state has the 4th high teen pregnancy rate in the country.

Something like 6% of all 17-18 year old girls are pregnant.

Absolutely appalling.

 

[stealth2]

And it's not even stupid kids, misto.

I look at my kids' friends, and it saddens me. They seem to have no real idea of the consequences. I can only hope that my two understand what it would mean to them to become a teen parent. At least my youngest's friends know that they can call her/me. But the boys aren't much brighter.