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Or said differently. Can a 17 year old married person in PA consent to
participate in research (without parental consent)? Apparently
emancipation is a legal process that is independent from the specific
"benefits" reaped by a minor marrying. The closest evidence I've seen so far was provided by Sue Frantz (see email below). So far I've not been able to convince the Chair of our IRB that it is most ethical to use the data already provided by a 17-year old married person in light of the below evidence (if you can consent to medical, dental, and health care it seems that you can consent to taking a questionnaire). Marie -------- Original Message --------
The following is from the
Juvenile Law Center with regard to Pennsylvania state law. Perhaps the
closest statement relevant to this question is this: "In addition,
married minors can consent to their own medical, dental, and health
care."
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Does getting
married automatically lead to emancipation?
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 ********************************************************************************************* Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote: But does it 'emancipate' is the question and how are these different? -- ********************************************* Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773 Carlisle, PA 17013 Office: (717) 245-1562, Fax: (717) 245-1971 Webpage: www.dickinson.edu/~helwegm ********************************************* --- |
- Re: IRB question Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
- Re: IRB question Marie Helweg-Larsen
- Re: IRB question Jim Clark
