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==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 (including divorced or widowed)
**Member of the military 
**Pregnant
**Is a parent
*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)

==Also See==
*[[Capacity]]
*[[Competence]]

==References==
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