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Im 17 and my boyfriend is getting an appartment. I was wondering what i would have to do to be able to move in with him since im underage. We both have jobs, and im still in school. I may be pregnant. Am i able to move out?
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Thank you for using Just Answer.So I can better try to assist you, can you tell me what state you're in?
Im from wisconsin.
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Wisconsin has no emancipation law, unlike some other states where, if a minor can prove they are self-sufficient and able to live on their own, they can petition the court to become emancipated. Instead, in Wisconsin, a minor is considered a minor, and therefore under parental control, until they turn 18, when you become a legal adult. Even though you may be pregnant, the law still does not give you an out.
This leaves with three options, none of which are ideal:1) If your parents consent, you can get married to your boyfriend. The act of marriage would emancipate you.
2) You can enlist in the military (again, parental consent is required). Enrolling in the military would also emancipate you legally.
3) Under Wisconsin Statutes Section 48.415(6), you can argue that your parents' rights should be involuntarily terminated -- however, unless they have forsaken their parental responsibility and are negligent/abusive parents, that's not really an argument you can bring forth.I'm sorry I cannot tell you otherwise, but given the lack of emancipation laws within the state, these are your only options other than simply waiting until you turn 18.
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Thanks for the answer but i think you should work on hownlong it takes to reply. I was told it was fast and i dont always have tome to wait for an answer
Contrary to what you may have seen on television, lawyers do not know every law off the top of their head (Florida, for example, has something like a million pages of statutes and case law on record). Researching exact laws takes time, and it would be unethical of me, and unfair to you, to provide you with anything less than a full, complete and correct answer.
Furthermore, I am assisting other customers on this site, so I may be between customers. Even still, I replied in 13 minutes. I realize you are 17 and naive to how the professional world works, but you couldn't even drive to a lawyer's office and meet with them in their office in that amount of time. You also couldn't get a consultation this time of night, and certainly not for the price of the deposit, where the average fee of a consultation is about $250-$300 to tell you exactly what I just did. It also took you 6 minutes to reply back to my answer, but hey, I'm not complaining, right? That's how this site works. For future reference, there is no need to wait online for an answer, you can always come back and read it later if necessary. It also was not necessary to give me a poor rating. I thoroughly (and correctly, might I add) answered your legal question. If you had follow-up questions, you only needed to ask. A negative rating only reflects poorly on my work unfairly.
It would be appropriate, as this is a PAY SERVICE, to rate my previous answer 3 or higher, so I am credited for my time.