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==Background==
 
==Background==
*Definition: legal mechanism by which a minor is freed from control by his or her parents or guardians, and the parents or guardians are freed from any and all responsibility toward the child
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*Definition: legal mechanism by which a minor is freed from control by his/her parents or guardians (parents/guardians are also freed from any and all responsibility toward the child)
*Economic self-sufficiency
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*Conditions granting emancipated status:
*Marriage
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**Marriage
*In the US military  
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**Member of the military  
*Pregnant  
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**Pregnant  
*Already parents
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**Is the parent to or more children
 
*Treated as temporarily emancipated when regarding:
 
*Treated as temporarily emancipated when regarding:
 
**Drug rehabilitation
 
**Drug rehabilitation
*Treatment of [[Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)]]
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**Treatment of [[Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)]]
  
 
==Other==
 
==Other==
*Physical or mental disability children ''may never'' attain emancipation, even after age of majority (typically 18)
 
**Incapable of caring for themselves
 
**This may or may not affect legal matters related to such things as insurance benefits, SSI, SSDI, wills, tax obligations to them and their caretakers, medical decisions, religious choices, residential and other accommodations, etc. due to their non-emancipated status.
 
 
*Age of Consent
 
*Age of Consent
 
**Age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts
 
**Age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts
 
**Not the same of medical consent
 
**Not the same of medical consent
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*Special situations
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**Mentally disabled children may ''never'' attain emancipation, even after age of majority (typically 18)
  
 
==Also See==
 
==Also See==
 
*[[Capacity]]
 
*[[Capacity]]
 
*[[Competence]]
 
*[[Competence]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Misc/General]]
 
[[Category:Misc/General]]

Latest revision as of 21:58, 9 May 2017

Background

  • Definition: legal mechanism by which a minor is freed from control by his/her parents or guardians (parents/guardians are also freed from any and all responsibility toward the child)
  • Conditions granting emancipated status:
    • Marriage
    • Member of the military
    • Pregnant
    • Is the parent to or more children
  • Treated as temporarily emancipated when regarding:

Other

  • Age of Consent
    • Age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts
    • Not the same of medical consent
  • Special situations
    • Mentally disabled children may never attain emancipation, even after age of majority (typically 18)

Also See

References