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Timestamp: 2019-04-20 12:16:10+00:00

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I'm seriously considering emancipation due to extreme differences between me and my parents (of various natures, including religion). However, I'm worried about the legal consequences on my family- I'm moving out to less complicate their lives on my account. If I request emancipation, will there be investigation on ANY level that would go down on records involving my parents? Would they request counseling of any sort? Any sort of investigation, of any kind, could seriously jeopardize my father's job in the government. I'm not considering emancipation due to any sort abuse whatsoever, just purely ideological differences that would eventually drive a permanent wedge between my family and I, and by emancipation I hope to keep that from happening... I can't continue to live at home or we'll end up resenting each other.
P.S. And yes, I could prove that I am financially capable of independence.
Any minor who has reached his sixteenth birthday and is residing in this Commonwealth, or any parent or guardian of such minor, may petition the juvenile and domestic relations district court for the county or city in which either the minor or his parents or guardian resides for a determination that the minor named in the petition be emancipated. The petition shall contain, in addition to the information required by § 16.1-262, the gender of the minor and, if the petitioner is not the minor, the name of the petitioner and the relationship of the petitioner to the minor.
§ 16.1-332. Orders of court; investigation, report and appointment of counsel.
If deemed appropriate the court may (i) require the local department of welfare or social services or any other agency or person to investigate the allegations in the petition and file a report of that investigation with the court, (ii) appoint counsel for the minor's parents or guardian, or (iii) make any other orders regarding the matter which the court deems appropriate. In any case pursuant to this article the court shall appoint counsel for the minor to serve as guardian ad litem.
§ 16.1-333. Findings necessary to order that minor is emancipated.
The court may enter an order declaring the minor emancipated if, after a hearing, it is found that: (i) the minor has entered into a valid marriage, whether or not that marriage has been terminated by dissolution; or (ii) the minor is on active duty with any of the armed forces of the United States of America; or (iii) the minor willingly lives separate and apart from his parents or guardian, with the consent or acquiescence of the parents or guardian, and that the minor is or is capable of supporting himself and competently managing his own financial affairs.
§ 16.1-334. Effects of order.
16. The minor may marry without parental, judicial, or other consent.
The acts done when such order is or is purported to be in effect shall be valid notwithstanding any subsequent action terminating such order or a judicial determination that the order was void ab initio.
§ 16.1-334.1. Identification card issued to minor by DMV.
When entering an emancipation order under § 16.1-333, the court shall issue to the emancipated minor a copy of the order. Upon application to the Department of Motor Vehicles and submission of the copy, the Department shall issue to the minor an identification card containing the minor's photograph, a statement that such minor is emancipated, and a listing of all effects of the emancipation order as set forth in § 16.1-334.
Does anyone know the likelihood of any sort of investigation in to my family if I explained that my request for emancipation had nothing to do with abuse??
How old are you to begin with? Do you hold down a full time job. Do you make enough money to live on your own, with no help, like a roomate? Have you been in trouble with the law? If not for abuse, what would your reasons be specifically?

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