emancipation of minor

emancipation of minor
The relinquishment by a parent of control and authority over his minor child, conferring on him the right to his earnings, and terminating the parent's legal duty to support the child. Swenson v Swenson (Mo App) 227 SW2d 103, 20 ALR2d 1409. See express emancipation; implied emancipation; partial emancipation; statutory emancipation.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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