October 19, 2015
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Unfortunately, having a baby does not mean that you are emancipated or legally free from your parents. Your best bet would be to get your parents to agree to letting you live with your boyfriend and his parents. Becoming emancipated through the courts is a difficult status to obtain. Click here to read more about the process and requirements in your state. (Go to page 9 of the document.) Perhaps you can try talking to your parents and let them know how you feel and why you believe it would be best to live with your boyfriend and his family. Maybe they will see that you have thought this through and are being mature about the decision. Good luck and stay healthy.

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Judge Tom is the founder and moderator of AsktheJudge.info. He is a retired juvenile judge and spent 23 years on the bench. He has written several books for lawyers and judges as well as teens and parents including 'Teen Cyberbullying Investigated' (Free Spirit Publishing) and 'Every Vote Matters: the Power of Your Voice, from Student Elections to the Supreme Court' (Free Spirit Publishing). In 2020, the American Bar Association published "Cyberbullying Law," the nation's first case-law book written for lawyers, judges and law students. When he's not answering teens' questions, Judge Tom volunteers with the American Red Cross and can be found hiking, traveling and reading.