DIVISION 11. MINORS 6500-7143›PART 6. EMANCIPATION OF MINORS LAW 7000-7143›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 7000-7002
§ 7001
California Family Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
It is the purpose of this part to provide a clear statement defining emancipation and its consequences and to permit an emancipated minor to obtain a court declaration of the minor’s status. This part is not intended to affect the status of minors who may become emancipated under the decisional case law that was in effect before the enactment of Chapter 1059 of the Statutes of 1978.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
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