Legal Question in Family Law in Iowa

I have a girlfriend whos parents are both dead and her older sister is her legal guardian, she wants to get emancipated because her sister is divorcing her husband and they want to sent her to a orphans home, she lives in a very hostile environment at home. What do i do?? :( she is 16 and i am 18


Asked on 7/10/12, 8:25 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Luedeman solo practitioner

You can't do anything because she's not your responsibility. Really, the only thing she can do is wait until she's 18 and legally able to make her own decisions.

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Answered on 7/12/12, 9:51 am


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