16 year old wanting to legally leave.

[nataliel123]

hi im 16 years old& i live in maryland. im going to make ia as short & simple as i can. Please dont give me crap like" ahut up & deal with it or other things" im looking for real legal law type answers not rude ones.i have priblems at home.& unfortunately i dont have relatives around me. i currently live with my mom. i feel as if i could do better on my own. she gets social security every month from my dad passing away& uses tgat to her own advantage,meaning not on me.she doesnt work& is npt trying to. Everyone agrees tgat somehow i need to get out of this house hold but my family mmbera are to far away.my friends family is willing to take me in and let me get my life back together& take as long as i need to save up& become a better person & eventually live on my own. i was wondering if there was some way i could go about doing this like temporary cuatody or something through the courts or a mediator or something?i know there's emancipation but i do not yet have a job,so what ways could i do this.i need to kno all possible legal answers. &please dont telm me im a stupid teenager. im really looking for answers on my options. My mom isnt really supportive but she would allow me to make whatever deaicision i make & aign watecr papers she needs to.&because she doesnt want to do anything for me anyways.& i dont want cps involved.I have a lot more information than provided. Its not just some stupid teen question. Email me fir more info if needed.

 

[Proserpina]

hi im 16 years old& i live in maryland. im going to make ia as short & simple as i can. Please dont give me crap like" ahut up & deal with it or other things" im looking for real legal law type answers not rude ones.i have priblems at home.& unfortunately i dont have relatives around me. i currently live with my mom. i feel as if i could do better on my own. she gets social security every month from my dad passing away& uses tgat to her own advantage,meaning not on me.she doesnt work& is npt trying to. Everyone agrees tgat somehow i need to get out of this house hold but my family mmbera are to far away.my friends family is willing to take me in and let me get my life back together& take as long as i need to save up& become a better person & eventually live on my own. i was wondering if there was some way i could go about doing this like temporary cuatody or something through the courts or a mediator or something?i know there's emancipation but i do not yet have a job,so what ways could i do this.i need to kno all possible legal answers. &please dont telm me im a stupid teenager. im really looking for answers on my options. My mom isnt really supportive but she would allow me to make whatever deaicision i make & aign watecr papers she needs to.&because she doesnt want to do anything for me anyways.& i dont want cps involved.I have a lot more information than provided. Its not just some stupid teen question. Email me fir more info if needed.

You're not capable of supporting yourself, so you're automatically ineligible for emancipation. That's just not an option.

If your Mom agrees, she can sign over guardianship to a third party.

If that's what she wants, she should really come here herself.

Small piece of advice: If you're typing from your phone, do try to use a spell-checker. Your post is really hard to read.

 

[cbg]

This is a real, true, legal answer. No "stupid teenager" about it; simply legal facts.

At 16, you are not going anywhere legally unless Mom says you may. There simply IS no legal way for you to leave home at 16 unless you have parental permission or you are removed by the state. You do not qualify for emancipation and you'd have to have your mother's permission for that anyway.

If your mother says you can live somewhere else, you can. If she says you cannot, you cannot. Period. That IS the only answer.

 

[mistoffolees]

This is a real, true, legal answer. No "stupid teenager" about it; simply legal facts.

At 16, you are not going anywhere legally unless Mom says you may. There simply IS no legal way for you to leave home at 16 unless you have parental permission or you are removed by the state. You do not qualify for emancipation and you'd have to have your mother's permission for that anyway.

If your mother says you can live somewhere else, you can. If she says you cannot, you cannot. Period. That IS the only answer.

That is the only legal answer.

I will also add some of the "shut up and deal with it and other crap" that OP doesn't want to hear. If the home is so bad, I would strongly encourage you to talk with a counselor at school or your church. Or a teacher you trust. The decisions you make in the next couple of years will affect the rest of your life and you need some mature, adult guidance.

I think you also need a visit from the reality fairy. It is not easy to raise a teenager after losing a spouse and your mother is undoubtedly doing the best that she can under the circumstances. You don't know why she isn't working - she may not be able to. Or maybe she has tried to get a job and can't. Or any number of other reasons. But, in the end, there's a roof over your head, clothes on your back, and food in your belly, so a little bit of gratitude wouldn't kill you. Maybe she hasn't bought you the latest toys or a shiny, new car, but she is supporting you.

Living on your own would be very expensive. If you really think you'd be capable of doing that, why not use some of that money to improve things at home rather than trying to flee? Of course, that's hypothetical - there's absolutely no way that at 16 you could be earning enough to live by yourself while staying in school.