Title: Emancipated teen parents and the TANF living arrangement rules. A fact sheet.

POPLINE Document Number: 276719

Corporate Author(s):

Center For Law and Social Policy [CLASP]

Source citation:

Washington, D.C., CLASP, [2002]. [4] p.

Abstract:

Emancipation is a legal process in which a minor (a person under 18) petitions the court to have herself declared a legal adult. Emancipation laws vary from state to state, but generally emancipation ends the parents legal duty to support the minor, and also ends the parents right to make decisions about the minors residence, education, health care, and to control the minors conduct. However, it does not mean that the minor is the same as an adult for all purposes (for example, voting and alcohol-purchase age laws are not affected by emancipation). The extent to which an emancipated minor is treated as an adult varies from state to state, but emancipated minors generally can enter into binding contracts, sue and be sued, establish a residence, and consent to medical treatment on the same basis as adults. (excerpt)

Keywords:

United States
Critique
Evaluation
Parents
Adolescents
Minors
Adults
Social Security
Family Policy
Legislation
Developed Countries
North America
Americas
Family Relationships
Family Characteristics
Family and Household
Youth
Age Factors
Population Characteristics
Demographic Factors
Population
Financing, Government
Financial Activities
Economic Factors
Social Policy
Policy