{"data":{"id":"us-nm/32a-21-5","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"32A-21-5","heading":"Over the age of majority; purposes.","body":"An emancipated minor shall be considered as being over the age of majority for one or more of the following purposes:\nA. consenting to medical, dental or psychiatric care without parental consent, knowledge or liability;\nB. his capacity to enter into a binding contract;\nC. his capacity to sue and be sued in his own name;\nD. his right to support by his parents;\nE. the rights of his parents to his earnings and to control him;\nF. establishing his own residence;\nG. buying or selling real property;\nH. ending all vicarious liability of the minor's parents, guardian or custodian for the minor's torts; provided that nothing in this section shall affect any liability of a parent, guardian, custodian, spouse or employer of a minor imposed by the Motor Vehicle Code [Chapter 66, Articles 1 through 8 NMSA 1978] or any vicarious liability that arises from an agency relationship; or\nI. enrolling in any school or college.","path":["Chapter 32A - Children's Code","ARTICLE 21 Emancipation of Minors"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18532/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"bce609701ee0d461d3b6ab0cc1fce030cbea4ffdd83bec928b8c0ab62cfcdbc1","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/32a-21-4","next":"us-nm/32a-21-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}