Emancipations

For someone to legally apply for independence from their parents in called Emancipation. Some states allow children age of 14 be emancipated, but for others states they must be at least 16.        

In order to be emancipated, a judge might require you to bring evidence  to convince the court that emancipation is in the best interest of you, to be living apart from your parents or to be ready to do so immediately, and be able manage your own money.

Once you are emancipated you are responsible for your own living arrangements and for obtaining medical care and to pay the bills or to arrange for financial help in paying for him. Your parents will have no obligation to support you financially or give you any food, clothing, or shelter. You may seek employment, join the military, get married, enroll in a school or college, or make other major life decisions without asking your parents. You will also have to pay taxes and any fees associated with these activities.

There are many reasons teenagers want to be independent from their families. Such as, Your parents have taken out loans and credit cards in your name, have taken money from you that you have earned or that has been given to you, have told you that you no longer can live with them, have told you that, for you to continue to live with them you must engage in activities that go against your values, or conditions at your home are unsafe.

The greatest change a person must go through to become independent is “divorce” their parents. Leaving a never binding hole in the relationship. Being alone without your family seems so hard for someone that young.