AM I ALLOWED TO MOVE OUT AT 15
Everybody's Uncle, [Unedited]
Well you see I'm going to be turning 16 in like 2 weeks and I really can't stand my family and the place I live in, and I really want to get impancipated..I think that is how you spell it. But I'm not sure how I can do that? I mean I have a job and I plan on getting another job and quiting that job. But I have no clue how to start figuring all this stuff out and everything, that's where I need your help?! And I was also wondering how old do you have to be to leave your house and live wherever you want in Oregon? My mother is telling me that I cant move out when I'm 18 and I'm out of school, but other people I've talked to are telling me I can move out when I'm 18 and I don't have to finish school and live in my house, but I want to move out. And I will finish school also. PLEASE HELP ME!
Love Always, Kayla
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Dear Kayla,
Uncle Jim is perfectly willing to help you. The question is do you really want help or approval? Please read, "Am I allowed to move out at 17?" You are 15 and you want to know if you can move out. The short answer to your question is - no.
I almost didn't open this E because of the screen name to which it was attached. When a girl refers to herself in such a demeaning way, alarms should go off with the caring adults around her. Uncle Jim's did.
I don't know where to start. Let's make a deal. You change that screen name and I will consider that a step in a positive direction. I will give you a choice. Write back and include your old or new screen name in your E. I will post whichever one you send. I want to cry for you. I don't know if your parents have failed you or you are a 15-year-old parent's nightmare. You tell me - but no fibbing.
You have a clean slate here. True, I am on the other side of the country and I am one tough Uncle (read my responses) but I will help - or at least I will try.
All the legal and practical information is in the posts below. If that is all you want, I wish you well. If you are reaching out for someone to care about you - I care.
I care, I care, I care.
Everybody's Uncle
