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Well im 16 and I just recently moved out to missouri because one of my foster parents was abusive and didnt feel the need to take care of me. Now im with my other foster parent and things arent going well for me. I've realized that she isnt healthy enough to take care of me plus she has problems with depression.before we moved out here she attempted to kill herself and now all she does is sleep eat and smoke in the house and she treats me like dirt a lot of the time. I know that this is not a suitable place for me to live and my boyfriends family is willing to let me live with them and go to school and help me make something of my life. I dont know what to do though because since im 16 I need to have my foster parents permission to move out and she isnt going to let me. Please help
You can becaome informally emancipated by getting a full time job or becomeing pregnant. im a law student as well as a phycology student so I know all these things.
Your first choice:
if you really want to just move out and live somewhere else in general, then call the police or someone like that and tell them that your house is not a suitable living environment for you.
Your second choice:
if you want to choose where you live then, call the police station just as sarah said. ask them if the informal emancipation qualifications are the same for Missouri. Ask them, "If I had a full time job and was capable to live on my own could I?"
Or your third option is to have your boyfriends parents take your foster mother to court. this does work, as long as the court see that your home truly is unsutable. my friend did this to live with his girlfriends family when he was 15. talk to them and see if they would be willing to do so. if that is the case and your sure that what you want, then they would take your foster mother to court. you would have to testify as to why your house isnt fit, and what you dont like and why you want to leave.
There are the olny three legal options that I can think of. hope I helped some, and good luck to you in whatever path you decide to take.
well I dont know about in mosurri, but in canada we are legally able to move out at 16 without any possible ramifications. the best way to get an answer is to call your local police station to find the answer. thats waht I did
in the USA you have 2 be 18
