Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-150d

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 46b-150d - Effect of emancipation

An order that a minor is emancipated shall have the following effects:

(1) The minor may consent to medical, dental or psychiatric care, without parental consent, knowledge or liability;

(2) the minor may enter into a binding contract;

(3) the minor may sue and be sued in such minor's own name;

(4) the minor shall be entitled to such minor's own earnings and shall be free of control by such minor's parents or guardian;

(5) the minor may establish such minor's own residence;

(6) the minor may buy and sell real and personal property;

(7) the minor may not thereafter be the subject of (A) a petition under section 46b-129 as an abused, neglected or uncared for child or youth, or (B) a petition under section 46b-128 or 46b-133 as a delinquent child for any act committed before the date of the order;

(8) the minor may enroll in any school or college, without parental consent;

(9) the minor shall be deemed to be over eighteen years of age for purposes of securing an operator's license under section 14-36;

(10) the minor shall be deemed to be over eighteen years of age for purposes of registering a motor vehicle under section 14-12;

(11) the parents of the minor shall no longer be the guardians of the minor under section 45a-606;

(12) the parents of a minor shall be relieved of any obligations respecting such minor's school attendance under section 10-184;

(13) the parents shall be relieved of all obligation to support the minor;

(14) the minor shall be emancipated for the purposes of parental liability for such minor's acts under section 52-572;

(15) the minor may execute releases in such minor's own name;

(16) the minor may enlist in the armed forces of the United States without parental consent; and

(17) the minor may access or obtain a certified copy of a birth certificate under section 7-51.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-150d

(P.A. 79-397, S. 5; 79-631, S. 98, 111; P.A. 80-283, S. 2; 80-483, S. 120, 186; P.A. 84-429, S. 76; P.A. 90-61; P.A. 02-109 , S. 2 ; P.A. 05-10 , S. 20 ; 05-288 , S. 225 ; P.A. 09-13 , S. 16 ; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 90, 91; P.A. 11-240 , S. 12 , 13 ; P.A. 13-142 , S. 3 ; P.A. 17-54 , S. 2 .)

Amended by P.A. 23-0044, S. 3 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2023.

Amended by P.A. 23-0046, S. 19 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2023.

Amended by P.A. 19-0132, S. 2 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2019.

Amended by P.A. 17-0054, S. 2 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2017.

Cited. 38 Conn.Supp. 503 ; 39 Conn.Supp. 35 ; 40 Conn.Supp. 349 ; 44 CS 437.