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Skip to main content. Topics Family Law Miscellaneous. What is Emancipation? Emancipation means you are legally separated from your parents or guardian and do not have to live with them.
The law in Kansas emancipates you when you are 18 years old. Having a baby does not make you legally emancipated. Your parents cannot emancipate you so they are no longer legally responsible for financially providing for you. It is possible to become emancipated prior to the age of 18, which is called an Emancipated Minor. If you will be 18 in six months or less, there is not time to complete the emancipation process before you turn 18 and are automatically emancipated.
What changes when you become emancipated? If you become emancipated, you will have some of the rights that come with adulthood. You must stay in school until you graduate from high school or reach the age of You cannot work as many hours as you want. This manual has a lot of answers about emancipation for teenagers. Skip to main content Skip to topics menu Skip to topics menu. Cancel Print. Advanced Search. If you are emancipated, you will give up the right to be supported by your parents.
It depends on the law of the state that issues the order. For Kansas orders, current support lasts until the child is emancipated reaches adulthood. For most children, that is their 18th birthday. In very rare cases, the court may order support to continue until the child turns nineteen if the child is still in high school. If you think this will apply to your child, you must tell us before the child turns Kansas current support orders automatically go down as each child emancipates.
For example, an order for three children will be reduced by one-third when the oldest child becomes an adult. That is usually a good time for the custodial parent to ask CSS to review the order for the younger child ren.
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