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Her parents have seemed to be getting better after much wrangling. Good luck with it.
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Thanks Sloww, but I'm getting the impression that emancipation for financial aid purposes is different from emancipation for legal purposes. In Maine, you can only be 'emancipated' from your parents if you're under 18. So I don't know what the story is if you're between 18 and 24..."In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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The story is you're legally an adult and financial aid rules are totally different. There's no set of "rights" involved with financial aid for higher education.When all else fails, blame brown people. | Hire a teen, while they still know it all. | Trump-Palin 2016. "You're fired." "I quit."Comment
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Yeah, but if you had gone through emancipation as a minor, then you would be able to apply as a non-dependent when the time came. If you don't, then the government has decided that your parents have an obligation to help you pay for school, and if the parents don't feel that obligation, then you're screwed until you're 24...which makes no sense at all."In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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Perhaps you could use the incident where the parents refused to help the mentally ill sibling as proof that staying home with them would be "dangerous" (if they neglect one child, they may neglect the others as well) and use that as the legal basis of a petition for emancipation."I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!Comment
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"In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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You know, I think unless her parents are filing her as a dependant she should be considered a separate entity. You may want to check that. If she's not living at home anymore and hasn't this year then technically they can't count her as one. Maybe she could file Single and claim that no one can claim her as a dependant on her taxes. Surely if she's independant in the IRS's eyes she can be in the schooling system. Out of curiousity, how did the school find out about her parents and their monetary status anyways?Comment
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Nope, checked that. She's not a dependent on their taxes, but it doesn't matter.
And the school doesn't know about her parents' financial status...if the parents were willing to allow that, they'd just fill out the FAFSA. But the school knows her parents are alive, and as long as they're alive they're supposed to fill out a FAFSA until she's 24, married, have been in the military, have a kid, or are emancipated."In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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Would an emancipated 17-year-old be able to vote?Comment
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No. It's more a matter of guardianship."In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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Can't vote until you're eighteen.Comment
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"Can't vote until you're eighteen."
I'm working on changing that. Stay tuned for new developments.
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When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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As for Emancipation, NYRA is working on a resource to assist you and others. Go to: http://www.youthrights.org/emancipation.shtml
To read state laws on the matter. Just hope your state is on the list. It may provide some guidance as to what the requirements are in your state.Captain of Team Apolyton - ISDG 2012
When I was younger I thought curfews were silly, but now as the daughter of a young woman, I appreciate them. - RahComment
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Didn't Drew Barrymore get emancipated from her parents at the age of 15? There MUST be a way to accomplish this if she's 24.
And I second the flying Elvis wedding - for $50, you can have a fat, hairy sweaty King of Rock n' Roll lookalike hitch you two crazy kids in less time than it takes to make a deep-fried peanut butter and banana sandwich.-30-Comment
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