"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > At 08:04 01-10-2002 +0200, Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: > > >Actually it is not just one age that turns you from totally sheltered into out > >on your own from one day to the other, it is more a multistep thing. F.i. > >at 12 > >you no longer are considered to be a child but become a youth, already legally > >you go from not prosecutable to prosecutable, albeit under a different set of > >laws from adults. At 16 certain rights (legal as well as personal) are granted > >to you, like ownership, citizenship or driving licence (in The Netherlands > >only > >for scooters, not cars but in the US a car is possible). At 18 you become > >of age > >and are granted most of the adult rights like electoral, legal handling and > >such, at 21 you are totally free of any parental interfearence in everything > >personal as well as legal. > > That is not entirely correct. You get all the rights (and responsibilities) > at 18. Legally, you are completely on your own then; you can do anything a > person can legally do without requiring parental consent. Your parents > cannot interfere in your legal affairs once you turn 18. >
Financial trusts in the name of a person can be set up that can only be held inaccesible for that person until the age of 21. In some countries there is also a limited parental responsabillity between the age of 18 and 21. If a person under 21 is not able to support him/herself it is possible that parents are held responsible for the livelyhood until the age of 21. So there are a few more things until one is 21 that depends on a parent or a guardian. So there, I was correct afterall.... :o) Sonja _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
