What is the name of your state? Virginia
Before I get started I would like to say that this is not another of those "I don't want to live with my parents because of [fill in reasonable parental rule or restriction here]" threads. I know that I could support myself independently and have serious problems with my mom that interfere with the rest of my life. Please take this thread seiously and give me good responses instead of mockery.
My dad passed away when I was young, and my mom's life has been going downhill ever since. She has serious emotional problems and a major problem with alcaholism. She rarely has a job and lives on life insurance and my dad's military pension. She frequently shouts at me for no reason at all and takes out her emotional distress on me. My mom also tries to force me to give her money to feed her boozing.
She gives me bare butt spankings with her belt for every little trivial problem or even disagreements between us, over issues as trivial as when I get home at night or even my political views. If I don't pull down my pants and take it, then I am locked out of the house until I do. About a year ago, an older woman once saw the marks while I was taking a shower at the gym, asked me about them, and called CPS, but nothing ever became of it. This kind of punishment might be appropriate for a young child, but I seems more like abuse with someone my age, especially when it is just for disagreeing with her.
I am a very responsible person and would like to get away from this awful family environment. I am an extremely good student, and I plan on graduating early next year and going to a four-year college. I also work about 30 hours per week as a research assistant at a local lab. I have done this for about a year and a half and get $15 per hour for it.
I already pay almost all of my own bills. I own my own car (my paternal grandfather let me put it in his name to keep it away from her), and I pay for the insurance, gas, and repairs. I also pay for my own clothes, gym membership, cell, phone, and other expenses like that. I am on my grandfather's health insurance policy and pay my portion of it (my mom doesn't even have health insurance). I also have about $4,000 saved up (again, in my grandfather's name to keep it away from her) and can use this to cover moving costs.
This really only leaves rent/utilities and food, and I can easily cover these out of my income. My employer has also offered to subsidize my housing in an apartment usually used for summer interns. I would still be able to continue school and hopefully start college in a year and a half.
I feel sure that I can handle this, and I could talk my mom into giving her permission if I need it legally. Please let me know what the legal requirments are and how to go about filing for emancipation (or whatever the correct wording is). Thank you in advance for your help.
Sarah W.
Before I get started I would like to say that this is not another of those "I don't want to live with my parents because of [fill in reasonable parental rule or restriction here]" threads. I know that I could support myself independently and have serious problems with my mom that interfere with the rest of my life. Please take this thread seiously and give me good responses instead of mockery.
My dad passed away when I was young, and my mom's life has been going downhill ever since. She has serious emotional problems and a major problem with alcaholism. She rarely has a job and lives on life insurance and my dad's military pension. She frequently shouts at me for no reason at all and takes out her emotional distress on me. My mom also tries to force me to give her money to feed her boozing.
She gives me bare butt spankings with her belt for every little trivial problem or even disagreements between us, over issues as trivial as when I get home at night or even my political views. If I don't pull down my pants and take it, then I am locked out of the house until I do. About a year ago, an older woman once saw the marks while I was taking a shower at the gym, asked me about them, and called CPS, but nothing ever became of it. This kind of punishment might be appropriate for a young child, but I seems more like abuse with someone my age, especially when it is just for disagreeing with her.
I am a very responsible person and would like to get away from this awful family environment. I am an extremely good student, and I plan on graduating early next year and going to a four-year college. I also work about 30 hours per week as a research assistant at a local lab. I have done this for about a year and a half and get $15 per hour for it.
I already pay almost all of my own bills. I own my own car (my paternal grandfather let me put it in his name to keep it away from her), and I pay for the insurance, gas, and repairs. I also pay for my own clothes, gym membership, cell, phone, and other expenses like that. I am on my grandfather's health insurance policy and pay my portion of it (my mom doesn't even have health insurance). I also have about $4,000 saved up (again, in my grandfather's name to keep it away from her) and can use this to cover moving costs.
This really only leaves rent/utilities and food, and I can easily cover these out of my income. My employer has also offered to subsidize my housing in an apartment usually used for summer interns. I would still be able to continue school and hopefully start college in a year and a half.
I feel sure that I can handle this, and I could talk my mom into giving her permission if I need it legally. Please let me know what the legal requirments are and how to go about filing for emancipation (or whatever the correct wording is). Thank you in advance for your help.
Sarah W.
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