Originally Posted by
Aaronsgurl16
my bio father doesnt want me. He hates me. He told me to never visit him. But do i have to have permission from her to be adopted if im being hit and cursed at and threatened
This makes no sense. Your bio fathers doesn't want you; your stepfather abuses you; your mother goes along with the abuse. Your mother won't sign to emancipate you (and I have posted the legal guidelines for emancipation in NC below and you have to meet every condition) but she will sign to allow you to be adopted.
So - if you have someone who is emotionally and financially willing and able to support you and they can pass a stringent background check and both your bio parents will sign to allow the adoption, the party that wants to adoption you would file an Adoption Petition with the Court, present the paperwork, have a home study or two and you could be adopted.
Or - you could be emancipated if you are over 16 and present the Court with your "plan for meeting your and living expenses which plan may include a statement of employment and wages earned that is verified by the petitioner's employer."
In order to emancipated in NC you must be totally self supporting. You cannot move in with someone else and the plan is for that person to support you.
As far as running away is concerned - your mother may or may not report you "missing." If she does, you can be brought back. If she doesn't want you brought back she can petition the Court and have you placed in foster care as a chronic runaway (which usually takes more than one time running away) OR she can declare you a person in need of supervision and have you placed in a detention center.
The people who take you in can be arrested for custodial interference as well as various charges of "corrupting" a minor.
If you are being abused you can either call the Police or the local Child Protective Services, they will have a Physician examine you and then a Court hearing can be ordered. Obviously if they find you are NOT being abused you are back to the running away/being a person in need of supervision situation.
If it is found that you ARE being abused you can be put in the foster care system until someone is appointed your guardian - which, apparently, people are willing to do.
Those are your options in NC.
