print email comment close Emancipation in the United States URL: http://www.jlc.org/factsheets/emancipationus/ Description: "Emancipation is not available in every state in the United States. Where it is available, emancipation is a legal process by which minors can attain legal adulthood before reaching the age at which they would normally be considered adults." This site provides links to the laws and available legal processes regulating the emancipation of minors in various states. From the Juvenile Law Center, a public interest law firm. Publisher: Juvenile Law Center Extra Keywords age of majority LII Database Information: Record 23746 created by Maria Brandt on 04/30/2007 Last modification on 08/09/2008 Published: 05/02/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23746