title: Statutory emancipation of minors: use and impact.
abstract: Interviews with 18 adolescents who petitioned for emancipation under a California statute revealed that the decision to seek emancipation was often based on the concerns of adult family members, and that those adults sometimes facilitated the actual legal process. The study also revealed that the statute's prerequisites for emancipation were frequently not fulfilled.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Santa Clara University, Calif.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Willemsen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sanger
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002140:California; D002655:Child Custody / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007872:Legal Guardians; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support