Legal Question in Juvenile Dependency in Missouri

Hi i am 16 years old and live in columbia missouri. I want to move out at 17. I have money place to stay school next door. Mom says if i move out before 18 shell have me arrested and will file petition w court to make me stay at home til im in my 20's. I really reallg need to move out. Im a ward of court now but wont be by my 17th birthday. Is any of what shes saying true? A lot of my friends have moved at 17 and they didnt get in trouble. Please clear the confusion for me. Thanks.


Asked on 7/07/13, 8:13 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Smith LawSmith

You didnt indicate why or how you are a ward of the state, so that may affect your options. The first option is to make the present living situation liveable. Have you yet assumed that what your Mom says about how you live your wife is correct? At 16 it is nearly impossible for you to accurately assess the future ramufications of your present choices. If you cannot improve the present situation, them emancipation may be your option. You wi? have to show more than just a place where soneone wi? let you sleep and keep your things. Yiu wi? n3d to prove that you can support yourself. Some judges wont finf selfvsufficiency, if it means you wont finish High School.

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Answered on 7/07/13, 12:16 pm


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