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Question: What is the youngest age a person can move out of there parents home, with the permission of their parents?

Answer:

A child can be emancipated at age 16. This term, emancipation pertains to a child wanting to move out from their parent’s home and become considered an adult. The following links provides an Emancipation in Arizona handbook. (http://www.azcourts.gov/Portals/34/Forms/Emancipation/EmancipationBooklet.pdf) There is an official government website stating that a child can become emancipated at age 16, and contains the forms to apply for such status. (http://www.azcourts.gov/selfservicecenter/SelfServiceForms/EmancipationofaMinor.aspx)

 

Edit:

A child can be emancipated at age 16. This term, emancipation pertains to a child wanting to move out from their parent’s home and become considered an adult. The following links provides an Emancipation in Arizona handbook. 

An individual is a legal adult at age 18 (A.R.S. 1-215) . Therefore, an individual would be able to leave their home once they reach that age.