05-07-2011, 04:14 PM
Support Forums, I'm at a stopping point. Let me give you a background before I go into my question.
I'm 16, but a few years back my family had some major issues. See I grew up with my dad and stepmom, while visiting my mother once every few weeks mainly. Then, that ceased when I was about eleven. When I was in the 7th grade, my stepmom told me she wanted to adopt me. I agreed being a retarded little kid. So she said she did, and then life went on. I talked to my mom every once in a while but not much. By the time I got to high school, I snuck around seeing her since I had the freedom. My parents got mad, cut our ties for a while(no phone access, etc). Then the next year(sophmore year), they got an order of protection between her and I because we got caught again. That was roughly December of 2010.
Now, my father and mother are going to court for child support she couldn't pay when I was younger. My father is claiming I'm an emancipated minor in court, while only asking for older child support fees from before the 7th grade.
My major concern is here.
>He claims I'm emancipated in court, however I have no documentation or proof of it.
>I can't ask my father, because he'd know my mother and I are talking and then he'd try to send her to jail, however if I am truly emancipated the order of protection is dropped.
How would I go about researching my emancipation status, being 16 with every day access to the internet? The court is to far away for me and I don't have the money for any court fees. But I do have all the time I need to research all of this.
Anon, if any of you can help me that would be amazing. Because if I'm emancipated I'm going to be making some changes in my life real quick, like getting a drivers license, etc.
I'm 16, but a few years back my family had some major issues. See I grew up with my dad and stepmom, while visiting my mother once every few weeks mainly. Then, that ceased when I was about eleven. When I was in the 7th grade, my stepmom told me she wanted to adopt me. I agreed being a retarded little kid. So she said she did, and then life went on. I talked to my mom every once in a while but not much. By the time I got to high school, I snuck around seeing her since I had the freedom. My parents got mad, cut our ties for a while(no phone access, etc). Then the next year(sophmore year), they got an order of protection between her and I because we got caught again. That was roughly December of 2010.
Now, my father and mother are going to court for child support she couldn't pay when I was younger. My father is claiming I'm an emancipated minor in court, while only asking for older child support fees from before the 7th grade.
My major concern is here.
>He claims I'm emancipated in court, however I have no documentation or proof of it.
>I can't ask my father, because he'd know my mother and I are talking and then he'd try to send her to jail, however if I am truly emancipated the order of protection is dropped.
How would I go about researching my emancipation status, being 16 with every day access to the internet? The court is to far away for me and I don't have the money for any court fees. But I do have all the time I need to research all of this.
Anon, if any of you can help me that would be amazing. Because if I'm emancipated I'm going to be making some changes in my life real quick, like getting a drivers license, etc.