No. Marriage itself does not emancipate a minor for all purposes. Marriage is one factor among the minor's whole situation that a judge will consider when determining whether the minor should be emancipated.8 Usually the fact that a minor is married demonstrates that he is independent of his parents, but there are some cases where this is not so and therefore the court must consider other factors in addition to marital status to determine whether the minor is living independently and is self-supportive.9 When married couples live away from parents and support themselves, they satisfy the general standard of emancipation. If minors divorce or obtain an annulment, however, they can revert to unemancipated status.
Marriage does satisfy the definition of emancipation contained in the public assistance regulations. In addition, married minors can consent to their own medical, dental, and health care.10
Teens considering marriage should know that individuals under the age of eighteen need parental consent to get married. Minors under the age of sixteen need the consent of a judge as well as parental consent to get married. 11
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>Quoting Marie Helweg-Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:---
>
>> I'm supervising a student doing her honors research this semester. She
>> is collecting data among women in a domestic violence shelter. The
>> questionnaires are anonymous so we only have the information that we
>> collected (no way to go back and gather more information). Now to my
>> question. One of the participants is 17 years old and married. Is a
>> married person an adult and therefore does not need permission from
>> his/her parents to be a research participant? That is, can she give her
>> own consent to participate?
>> Marie
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