{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-150d","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46b-150d","heading":"Effect of emancipation.","body":"An order that a minor is emancipated shall have the following effects: (1) The minor may consent to medical, dental or psychiatric care, without parental consent, knowledge or liability; (2) the minor may enter into a binding contract; (3) the minor may sue and be sued in such minor's own name; (4) the minor shall be entitled to such minor's own earnings and shall be free of control by such minor's parents or guardian; (5) the minor may establish such minor's own residence; (6) the minor may buy and sell real and personal property; (7) the minor may not thereafter be the subject of (A) a petition under section 46b-129 as an abused, neglected or uncared for child or youth, or (B) a petition under section 46b-128 or 46b-133 as a delinquent child for any act committed before the date of the order; (8) the minor may enroll in any school or college, without parental consent; (9) the minor shall be deemed to be over eighteen years of age for purposes of securing an operator's license under section 14-36; (10) the minor shall be deemed to be over eighteen years of age for purposes of registering a motor vehicle under section 14-12; (11) the parents of the minor shall no longer be the guardians of the minor under section 45a-606; (12) the parents of a minor shall be relieved of any obligations respecting such minor's school attendance under section 10-184; (13) the parents shall be relieved of all obligation to support the minor; (14) the minor shall be emancipated for the purposes of parental liability for such minor's acts under section 52-572; (15) the minor may execute releases in such minor's own name; (16) the minor may enlist in the armed forces of the United States without parental consent; and (17) the minor may access or obtain a certified copy of a birth certificate under section 7-51.","path":["TITLE 46b. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 815t*. JUVENILE MATTERS","PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_815t.htm#sec_46b-150d","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:16Z","sha256":"adb721849c5eeca0db272f7b2dacd156396c86c8ec2cb551d4436839118e9f77","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-150c","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-46b-150e"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}