I originally posted this here -
http://www.laborlawtalk.com/showthread.php?p=1085039#post1085039
Okay I hope I can explain everything clearly and everything through, but if I don't please don't hesitate to ask me questions. I chose Other for the state because really it's both Florida and Maine.
Okay first of all I live in Virginia, I turn 18 on May 11th.
My girlfriend lives in Florida, she is 16 and her birthday is on September 24th or 21st.
There are two sides to this problem my side and her side.
My side - My parents are kicking me out when I'm 18. The only place I could go is up to Maine to live with my grandma's house, I know she would let me live there for a while as long as I have a job. It would very easy to get a job up there for the summer because it's a very popular tourist place, and not so easy finding a job during the rest of the year but I think I could find one anyways. I can easily get to her house it'll cost me around 100$, I have done it many times before to visit her during the summer.
My girlfriends side - She is currently going through online school because she forced her mom to because she hates high school for VERY good reasons (let me just put it this way teasing, extreme sexual abuse etc...) and her mom doesn't understand why she doesn't like high school. Well for the past few days her mom has been wanting to put her back into high school because she thinks that it's not good for my girlfriend to be at home and that she wants her to be with other people her age. My girlfriend does NOT want to go back, and she has VERY good reasons why she doesn't want to. I wouldn't say her mother is abusive but she is a bit cruel at times (slapping, yelling etc.)
Now we do want to be together and get married, and she is desperate to get away from her mother because her mother is causing her extreme stress and such, she has been very depressed even to the point of suicide and I have helped her get by that.
I have read the laws for emancipation including the sticky that is posted here - http://www.laborlawtalk.com/showthread.php?t=174887
I know that she can't support herself without me so that is not an option. She definitely does NOT want to join the military although she's too young for that anyways. The only option I see is to get married, but if I'm living in Maine and she is still living in Florida. Which state would we get married? She wants to move with me, but I would still have to find a place to live in Maine besides my grandma's house.
Thank you in advance for your help. Please ask me questions if you have any.
http://www.laborlawtalk.com/showthread.php?p=1085039#post1085039
Okay I hope I can explain everything clearly and everything through, but if I don't please don't hesitate to ask me questions. I chose Other for the state because really it's both Florida and Maine.
Okay first of all I live in Virginia, I turn 18 on May 11th.
My girlfriend lives in Florida, she is 16 and her birthday is on September 24th or 21st.
There are two sides to this problem my side and her side.
My side - My parents are kicking me out when I'm 18. The only place I could go is up to Maine to live with my grandma's house, I know she would let me live there for a while as long as I have a job. It would very easy to get a job up there for the summer because it's a very popular tourist place, and not so easy finding a job during the rest of the year but I think I could find one anyways. I can easily get to her house it'll cost me around 100$, I have done it many times before to visit her during the summer.
My girlfriends side - She is currently going through online school because she forced her mom to because she hates high school for VERY good reasons (let me just put it this way teasing, extreme sexual abuse etc...) and her mom doesn't understand why she doesn't like high school. Well for the past few days her mom has been wanting to put her back into high school because she thinks that it's not good for my girlfriend to be at home and that she wants her to be with other people her age. My girlfriend does NOT want to go back, and she has VERY good reasons why she doesn't want to. I wouldn't say her mother is abusive but she is a bit cruel at times (slapping, yelling etc.)
Now we do want to be together and get married, and she is desperate to get away from her mother because her mother is causing her extreme stress and such, she has been very depressed even to the point of suicide and I have helped her get by that.
I have read the laws for emancipation including the sticky that is posted here - http://www.laborlawtalk.com/showthread.php?t=174887
I know that she can't support herself without me so that is not an option. She definitely does NOT want to join the military although she's too young for that anyways. The only option I see is to get married, but if I'm living in Maine and she is still living in Florida. Which state would we get married? She wants to move with me, but I would still have to find a place to live in Maine besides my grandma's house.
Thank you in advance for your help. Please ask me questions if you have any.