STATUTORY EMANCIPATION OF MINORS

STATUTORY EMANCIPATION OF MINORS

Interviews with 18 adolescents who petitioned for emancipation under a California statute revealed that the decision to seek emancipation was often based on the concerns of adult family members, and that those adults sometimes facilitated the actual legal process. The study also revealed that the st...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1991-10, Vol.61 (4), p.540-551
Hauptverfasser: Willemsen, Eleanor, Sanger, Carol
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Interviews with 18 adolescents who petitioned for emancipation under a California statute revealed that the decision to seek emancipation was often based on the concerns of adult family members, and that those adults sometimes facilitated the actual legal process. The study also revealed that the statute's prerequisites for emancipation were frequently not fulfilled.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1037/h0079284