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Your parents cannot emancipate you so they are no longer legally responsible for financially providing for you. Having a baby does not make you legally emancipated. The law in Kansas emancipates you when you are 18 years old. The facts must demonstrate, i.e., that a child at the age of majority has a means of income independent from his parents to establish he is financially emancipated. Emancipation means you are legally separated from your parents or guardian and do not have to live with them. 864 (1976)Ĭourt found that emancipation of a minor is not automatically given by statute when a child reaches the age of majority. The father forfeited his rights by his acts even though in his own mind he did not intend to emancipate his son. Court ruled that emancipation is proved by conduct and acts. Tort action by father for loss of earnings of minor son. Boston and Lowell Railroad Corp., 148 Mass. This view is consistent with that of other States that have considered the question." This court says in part "Though no Massachusetts case has addressed this specific issue, there is nothing in our statutory scheme relative to the issue of support, or in our decisional law, on the question what constitutes emancipation that supports the conclusion that a child, who is otherwise not emancipated, becomes emancipated as matter of law when she gives birth to a child.

The child was attending college, was still domiciled with the court appointed guardian and was not financially independent and therefore could not be considered financially emancipated. His evidence showing she had a temporary means of support which had lasted for six months in the prior year was not enough, per the court.Įccleston v Bankosky, 438 Mass 428 (2003)Ĭourt found that a non-custodial, financially able parent should be ordered to pay post-majority support to a child who, prior to reaching the age of 18, became a ward of the state because her parents were unfit. 148 (1996)ĭeclared that a father's claims were insufficient to show financial emancipation.

constitute entry into the military," and thus the child was not emancipated.īroome v. 264 (2018)Ī "child's enrollment as a student cadet in the did not. Provides discussion of the common law right of a mature minor to obtain medical treatment without parental consent.īobblis v.