This part may be cited as the Emancipation of Minors Law.
Emancipation of Minors LawGeneral Provisions
Section § 7000
This law is known as the Emancipation of Minors Law, which deals with the process and rules for minors to legally become independent from their parents or guardians.
Emancipation Minors Legal independence
Section § 7001
This law section is about explaining what emancipation means for minors and what happens when a minor becomes emancipated. It allows emancipated minors to get a court decision that confirms their status. The law does not change how minors were considered emancipated before a specific 1978 law.
It is the purpose of this part to provide a clear statement defining emancipation and its consequences and to permit an emancipated minor to obtain a court declaration of the minor’s status. This part is not intended to affect the status of minors who may become emancipated under the decisional case law that was in effect before the enactment of Chapter 1059 of the Statutes of 1978.
emancipation emancipated minor court declaration
Section § 7002
If you're under 18 in California, you're considered an emancipated minor if you meet any of these conditions: you're legally married or in a registered domestic partnership, you're serving in the U.S. military, or you've been granted a legal emancipation by the court.
A person under the age of 18 years is an emancipated minor if any of the following conditions is satisfied:
(a)CA Family Law Code § 7002(a) The person has entered into a valid marriage, or has established a valid domestic partnership, regardless of whether the marriage or the domestic partnership has been dissolved.
(b)CA Family Law Code § 7002(b) The person is on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United States.
(c)CA Family Law Code § 7002(c) The person has received a declaration of emancipation pursuant to Section 7122.
emancipated minor under 18 valid marriage
