Title: (Optional) Interpret laws that sever the parent-child legal relationship.
Course: Business Law (12054-36) > Section: Increasing Awareness of Family/Domestic Law

Interpretation should include the following concepts:

- Minority status ends and emancipation begins at the age of majority (usually the day before the 18th birthday).
- A court may formally decree early emancipation.
- Informal emancipation may arise if the minor
  - marries
  - moves out of the home
  - becomes a member of the armed services
  - undertakes full-time employment.