Where does a minor go to get information on filing for independence (gaining custody of themselves)?
The legal term for the process is “emancipation,” so we searched Yahoo! using the words “emancipation minor,” which led us to Michigan’s Calhoun County Courts homepage. This helpful site offers a section on Juvenile Matters and Emancipation, including a reminder that “the laws concerning emancipation of a minor differ from state to state.” That prompted us to return to Yahoo! and search on “US state law,” which helped us locate the U.S. States > Law category. After scrolling past listings for each of the fifty states, we selected the Legal Information Institute’s State Law Collection. There we noticed a module offering a choice of “ways to access material” and we clicked on the
Related Questions
- Does the father have to prove the mother "unfit" to be awarded custody of the minor children? Or, will the mother be awarded custody of the minor children unless the father proves her to be "unfit?
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- Who determines the custody arrangement applicable to our minor children?
