what does it mean when a child emancipate from their parent?

Question

my son and his ex has a daughter that has emancipated herself from her parents. she wants to go to college and now wants her father to pay for is. she is now 21 and she did this when she was 17, and her father has remain paying support to her since she is in college. Her 2 aunts said her father has to pay and it is his responsible to do this. Her mother said sorry, she emancipated herself so she is on her own. my ex gave her a car so she would stay in college. i need some answers. i say that my daughters should stay out of this and let her grow up and get a job. She has a little job and it pay 5.50 per hour.

Answer 1

Emancipation is a legal process where a minor can
get out from under parental control (the parents are no
longer legally responsible for them) and they are considered
by law to be adults.

Your son's willingness to help his daughter, is to be admired,
rather than telling her that she chose to be on her own he
has stepped up like a real father would and is helping her
get through college. The aunts are wrong (legally) no parent
has an obligation to pay for a college education which is
pretty much what your son's ex-wife says.

You are right in telling your daughters to stay out of it, this
situation is between a man (your son) and his daughter,
he has no obligation to help and is helping out of love.

Answer 2

Usually at age 18 we assume legal responsibility for ourselves. When a child becomes emancipated it means they broke the bond before 18. Child stars do it when they make more than their parents and they want to control their own money. Average children do it when they have a conflict with their parents and they want to grow up on their own.
Unless her parents were really horrible she made her choice willingly. By becoming emancipated at 17 she said I want to be an adult, I want to be treated like an adult, I am in charge.
Her father was no longer required to pay anything once she was emancipated. Also, many students are own their own with college at age 21. They all became adults at 18.
Bottom line is what is the motivation for the support? Do they think it will help, do they see a good outcome, or are they doing it because she is family and they feel obligated?
Is she the type that will always turn for handouts, or will she stand on her own?
Helping her is okay, but you don't want to enable her.
Good Luck.

Answer 3

to emancipate from a parent is to go to court before you are 18 and request that due to the fact you can support yourself - that the court grant the minor "adult" status - and allow the minor to not be under the care and control of the parent.

Since it is a divorce situation, apparently she emancipated herself from the mother and not the father. If she emancipated herself from BOTH parents - then no, the father shouldn't be paying anything.

Answer 4

If I was dear old dad, this is what I might do.

For each class that she passed with an A, I would pay for an equal number of credit hours.

For each class that she passed with a B, I would pay for half that number of credit hours.

For anything below that, nothing.

She would have to find a way to pay for some classes on her own first to get the grades. That would show that she's serious. What's the matter with her going part time while she works a job?

Best Wishes
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Answer 5

Basicaly it means that a child "divorces" or cuts off all relationship from their parents. The slaves were "emancipated" or freed from slavery and allowed to be their own without having any responsibility for their previous owner it seems your grand daughter has got herself her "freedom' but still demands that her parents do all the paying for her a selfish litle tike if ya ask me she demands her "freedom" with out responsibility.

Answer 6

It usually depends on what state you live in. Essentially it is when a child "divorces" his/her parents. The parents give up all rights to the child.

I know that usually if a parent is paying child support, it stops when that child is 18 unless he/she is in school then it stops by the age of 23.

Here is what Us Legal says:

Emancipation is when a minor has achieved independence from his or her parents, such as by getting married before reaching age 18 or by becoming fully self-supporting. It may be possible for a child to petition a court for emancipation to free the minor child from the control of parents and allow the minor to live on his/her own or under the control of others. It usually applies to adolescents who leave the parents' household by agreement or demand.

Some of the most common methods for a minor to become emancipated include marriage, reaching the age of majority, entering military service, or by court order. A parent may also formally or informally agree to give up some or all of his/her parental control. For example, a parent might consent to allowing a child to establish a separate household. In other cases, a parent may force the minor to leave and support him/herself. Generally, parental consent is required, except in cases of parental misconduct that causes the mnior to leave the home. Emancipation may cease to make a parent liable for the acts of a child, including debts, negligence or criminal acts. State laws on emancipation vary, so local laws should be consulted for specific requirements in your area.

Sometimes the emancipation of a child ends the obligation of a divorced parent to pay child support. When a child reaches the age of emancipation, the duty of a parent for child support often ends. However, the age of emancipation varies by state. Also, a parent may be obligated to support a child for a longer period, such as through college, under a divorce decree. Emancipation will not relieve a parent from obligations to pay past due child support amounts.

There is more, but i left a link so you can read more if you like.

Answer 7

Basically your son's daughter decided that she no longer wanted her parent's input into her life and she legally removed herself from their care and custody. There must have been kind of circumstances for that to be legally granted. However, a lot of teenagers try this simply because they want to live the kind of life their parents don't approve of.

I agree with you - she thought she was adult enough to make this decision, now she should be adult enough to live with the consequences. She removed herself purposely from her fathers responsibility - so now she is responsible for herself.

Answer 8

Your whole question is moot. Now that the daughter is 21, she's totally on her own & NO ONE is responsible for her. Her expenses are hers to pay- unless someone CHOOSES to help her. Emancipation means that she chose to be completely INDEPENDENT of her parents control. So her bills should be "independently hers"- also.

Answer 9

It means to seperate or move out. parents are technically responsible for children up to 18, after that no are longer responsilbe. He should not have to pay child support after she was 18. paying forcollege is the right thing to do though. but he does not have to. remember the getyy'sburg adress emancipayion, proclomation, were two worked used in it.

Answer 10

Emancipate means to separate from. It is something that legally separates you from your parents. I'm not sure how the support issue fits in but that's all I know.