Emancipation – Part Two

Yesterday, following the release of our blog regarding Emancipation in the State of New Jersey, the Appellate Division released a reported decision in a case in which a young adult asked to be emancipated from her parents at age eighteen over the objections of her father. This, of cou...

Emancipation in the State of New Jersey

In New Jersey, there is no magic age at which a child will be deemed emancipated. Emancipation has been defined by the New Jersey Supreme Court as "the act by which a parent relinquishes the right to custody and is relieved of the duty to support a child." While the age of majority in...