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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*Definition: legal mechanism by which a minor is freed from control by his | *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 | **Marriage | ||
* | **Member of the military | ||
*Pregnant | **Pregnant | ||
* | **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)]] | **Treatment of [[Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)]] | ||
==Other== | ==Other== | ||
*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 | ||
*Special situations | |||
**Mentally disabled children may ''never'' attain emancipation, even after age of majority (typically 18) | |||
==Also See== | ==Also See== | ||
*[[Capacity]] | *[[Capacity]] | ||
*[[Competence]] | *[[Competence]] | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Misc/General]] | [[Category:Misc/General]] | ||
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:
- Drug rehabilitation
- Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
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)