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Emancipated at 16, legally?
Okay. My girlfriend is 17. We want to get married before May this year. I will graduate this year in may. We currently live in texas and she cannot be with her mom no longer. Right now her and I live together and have been for the Past two months: her mom claims that she will not be married to me without concent how does this all work? We wan to move to Colorado for school I wil be attending college and she will finish her last year of school there. Someone please how can we leave legally? Please no remarks about how young we are I don't need it. I just want us happy in Colorado but someone please answer......how?
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- hotwheels122287Lv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
you guys cant get married without consent from BOTH your parents. and same goes for emancipation. that you have to get consent for as well.
- 1 decade ago
Only under VERY severe conditions can you get emancipated and you have to prove you have a stable place to live, jobs, etc. Honestly, you shouldn't rush to get married at that age- you are a very different person now than you will be in 5, 10, or 20 years. Just enjoy living together and wait on getting married and moving out of state. At 17 you cannot even rent a place to live on your own, make much more than minimum wage, or work a lot especially if you're in school. If you're over 18 then you could be charged with kidnapping and taking her out of state if you two leave together. So just chill, relax, and wait because it's not worth it.
