Emancipation without parental consent

[Zigner]

So if he was somehow able to get a full-time job at 16, he would qualify?

Earlier you said he was 17:

My 17 year old brother also wants to move in with us...

 

[Zigner]

My friend's family that I moved in with is two parents who both work, and have multiple younger children. They're happy to have me here and would be happy to let my brother stay here for as long as he needed, whether or not I'm here

Yes, that's your friend's family. Your brother's family would just be you...a person who is crashing at a friend's place.

 

[JeremyMaxwell1]

Emancipation is not and never was intended to be a means for a minor to move out. It was and is intended to provide legal protections to those minors who, through circumstances outside their own control, found themselves living on their own. To qualify for emancipation, they need to be supporting themselves, meaning that they pay every penny of their rent, utilities, food, clothing, transportation, medical care, insurance, staples, school fees and supplies, and all the other incidentals of life, alone and unassisted.

About the only reason for emancipation I've ever heard that is a valid reason for emancipation is, "Both my parents were killed in a car crash and I need the ability to sign contracts so that I can pay the rent and keep the lights on".

So there's no way for a minor to move out of a parent's house without their consent?

 

[JeremyMaxwell1]

Earlier you said he was 17:

He turns 17 on June 1st, I posted the original question thinking that it would take at least until then for us to decide whether or not he could be emancipated and to take it to court. But as of today he's still 16

 

[Zigner]

So there's no way for a minor to move out of a parent's house without their consent?

Not in the circumstances you describe.

I have to ask: What is so bad about the home life that he feels that he needs to move in with you?

 

[Zigner]

https://forum.freeadvice.com/threads/emancipation-without-parental-consent.654688/#post-3636100
That pretty much answers your question.

 

[quincy]

Here is a link from the Juvenile Rights Project in Oregon on emancipation and what it means for the emancipated minor. Note well the possible negative consequences.

http://www.youthrightsjustice.org/Documents/Emancipation in Multnomah County Oregon.pdf

 

[cbg]

There are two ways for a minor to leave home while still a minor and not risk being dragged back home by his ear. One is WITH parental consent. The other is if he is removed by the state. If he is removed by the state, the state will decide where he lives, not the minor himself.

 

[quincy]

There are two ways for a minor to leave home while still a minor and not risk being dragged back home by his ear. One is WITH parental consent. The other is if he is removed by the state. If he is removed by the state, the state will decide where he lives, not the minor himself.

There are more than two ways.

 

[cbg]

Rarely.

 

[commentator]

If you happen to be a child motion picture star or singer in a pop band, that's a way you might qualify and desire to be outside your parents influence legally. I'd say the both parents passing away is probably more likely, and neither scenario, in fact, emancipation in itself is something that just doesn't happen very often.

 

[not2cleverRed]

My friend's family that I moved in with is two parents who both work, and have multiple younger children. They're happy to have me here and would be happy to let my brother stay here for as long as he needed, whether or not I'm here

He turns 17 on June 1st, I posted the original question thinking that it would take at least until then for us to decide whether or not he could be emancipated and to take it to court. But as of today he's still 16

The people you are staying with are dangerous, immoral people who seem to have no problem with undermining another parent.

Why do I say this? Because they have allowed you to contemplate ways to undermine your mother's parental rights.

You want to "emancipate" your brother because the grass is greener at your friend's house, and because you have no basis for a child abuse case.

Well, I hope someday you develop a heart, and learn to look upon others with compassion, and value your mother and others for who they are, not for what they give you.

"Emancipation" is for helping those who are living as legal adults, but are too young to be considered a "legal adult".

"Emancipation" is not for helping legal strangers undermine the parental rights of a legal parent.