Re: 17 Year Old In Louisiana
Louisiana recognizes three types of emancipation:
1. Emancipation conferring the power of administration.
2. Emancipation by marriage.
3. Emancipation relieving the minor from the time prescribed by law for attaining the age of majority.
Some statutes from the Louisiana Civil Code describing how emancipation can be obtained:
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Quoting Art. 366. Emancipation by notarial act
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The minor, although not married, may be emancipated by his father or, upon the death of the father, by his mother or, in the event of divorce or separation from bed and board, by the natural tutor or cotutors acting jointly, when he shall have arrived at the full age of fifteen years.
This emancipation takes place by the declaration to that effect of the father, the mother, or both, before a notary public in the presence of two witnesses.
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Quoting Art. 368. Emancipation by reason of ill treatment.
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The minor may be emancipated against the will of his father and mother, when they ill treat him excessively, refuse him support, or give him corrupt examples.
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Quoting Art. 370. Emancipated minor's powers of administration.
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The minor who is emancipated has the full administration of his estate, and may pass all acts which are confined to such administration, grant leases, receive his revenues and moneys which may be due to him, and give receipts for the same.
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Quoting Art. 379. Emancipation by marriage.
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The minor, whether male or female, is emancipated of right by marriage.
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Quoting Art. 385. Emancipation of minor sixteen years or older.
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A minor sixteen years of age or older may be judicially emancipated and relieved of the disabilities which attach to minority as provided in Articles 3991 through 3994 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.