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Section 46b-150d – Effect of emancipation

May 15, 2021 | Connecticut, Family Law

An order that a minor is emancipated shall have the following effects:

(1) The minor may consent to medical, dental or psychiatric care, without parental consent, knowledge or liability;
(2) the minor may enter into a binding contract;
(3) the minor may sue and be sued in such minor’s own name;
(4) the minor shall be entitled to such minor’s own earnings and shall be free of control by such minor’s parents or guardian;
(5) the minor may establish such minor’s own residence;
(6) the minor may buy and sell real and personal property;
(7) the minor may not thereafter be the subject of (A) a petition under section 46b-129 as an abused, neglected or uncared for child or youth, (B) a petition under section 46b-128 or 46b-133 as a delinquent child for any act committed before the date of the order, or (C) a petition under section 46b-149 alleging that the minor is a child from a family with service needs;
(8) the minor may enroll in any school or college, without parental consent;
(9) the minor shall be deemed to be over eighteen years of age for purposes of securing an operator’s license under section 14-36 and a marriage license under section 46b-20a;
(10) the minor shall be deemed to be over eighteen years of age for purposes of registering a motor vehicle under section 14-12;
(11) the parents of the minor shall no longer be the guardians of the minor under section 45a-606;
(12) the parents of a minor shall be relieved of any obligations respecting such minor’s school attendance under section 10-184;
(13) the parents shall be relieved of all obligation to support the minor;
(14) the minor shall be emancipated for the purposes of parental liability for such minor’s acts under section 52-572;
(15) the minor may execute releases in such minor’s own name;
(16) the minor may enlist in the armed forces of the United States without parental consent; and
(17) the minor may access or obtain a certified copy of a birth certificate under section 7-51.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 46b-150d

(P.A. 79-397, S. 5; 79-631, S. 98, 111; P.A. 80-283, S. 2; 80-483, S. 120, 186; P.A. 84-429, S. 76; P.A. 90-61; P.A. 02-109, S. 2; P.A. 05-10, S. 20; 05-288, S. 225; P.A. 09-13, S. 16; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 90, 91; P.A. 11-240, S. 12, 13; P.A. 13-142, S. 3; P.A. 17-54, S. 2.)

Amended by P.A. 19-0132,S. 2 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by P.A. 17-0054, S. 2 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2017.

Cited. 38 Conn.Supp. 503; 39 Conn.Supp. 35; 40 Conn.Supp. 349; 44 CS 437.