have a daughter can i get emancipated?

[britt_marie]

i am a 16 year old female who is about to be 17 here in a few days. i have recently had a daughter and i was wondering how i could go about getting emancipated?

 

[Proserpina]

i am a 16 year old female who is about to be 17 here in a few days. i have recently had a daughter and i was wondering how i could go about getting emancipated?

No matter where you are in the US, no state will emancipate a minor who has a child of their own.

 

[cbg]

i was wondering how i could go about getting emancipated?

You turn 18. Or, in a few states, 19.

The chances of a minor who already has a child of their own qualifying for emancipation, if your state even allows it (not all states do) are so slim that you can't even see them without a microscope.

 

[sandyclaus]

i am a 16 year old female who is about to be 17 here in a few days. i have recently had a daughter and i was wondering how i could go about getting emancipated?

As a general rule, emancipation is an option available only to those minors who can demonstrate their ability to support themselves (have a job), provide for their own needs (food and shelter), and make appropriate, rational and reasonable adult decisions on their own.

By allowing yourself to become pregnant and have a child before you became an adult, that kind of blew the whole thing for you there.

 

[NellieBly]

You apparently need more supervision, not less.

 

[HomeGuru]

i am a 16 year old female who is about to be 17 here in a few days. i have recently had a daughter and i was wondering how i could go about getting emancipated?

**A: what state are you in? Oh, in that state there is no automatic emancipation just for having a child.

 

[Zigner]

We do need the state.

I think an important question is this: What do you hope to accomplish by being emancipated?