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    Default Can an Oklahoma High School Graduate Be Emancipated

    I have a student that graduated in May. She has been in Florida visiting her Aunt all summer. She wants to go to college out there and does not want to come back to Oklahoma. Her mother has been in and out of jail for hot checks and drugs and is still into the drug scene. This girl has been mostly supporting herself for the past two years. She's paid all the bills and put most of the food on the table. She called a few minutes ago and said her mom is forcing her to come back and threatening to call the police in florida and "make her" come home. Please help me out this girl is a good kid....if she comes back to Oklahoma she will probably go back to the drug scene HELP!!!!

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    Default Re: Can an Oklahoma High School Graduate Be Emancipated

    Until she is 18, she is still a minor and under her parents' control, regardless of whether she has graduated or not. In a few states, majority does not occur even after the 18th birthday if they have not yet graduated, but in no state does graduation confer majority on a minor under 18.

    Emancipated minors in Oklahoma have exactly one right that non-emancipated minors do not have - the right to sign contracts. They do not have the right to leave home without permission.

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    Default Re: Can an Oklahoma High School Graduate Be Emancipated

    Thanks....that's what I really thought but I wanted to check before talking to her.

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