(Optional) Interpret laws that sever the parent-child legal relationship.
Interpretation should include the following concepts:
- Minority status ends and emancipation begins at the age of majority (usually the day before the 18th birthday).
- A court may formally decree early emancipation.
- Informal emancipation may arise if the minor
- marries
- moves out of the home
- becomes a member of the armed services
- undertakes full-time employment.