Is it possible to no longer have custody of a minor? Me and my wife took in my kid sister a few years back she is now 16. She drinks, does drugs, and runs away from home. Doesn't listen. We've tried everything. She wants to get emancipated but no judge would let her if she even tried. Anything we can do? We don't want to be responsible for her. So do we just need to suck it up for the next year and a half or what?