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§ 32A-21-5 NMSA 1978

Over the age of majority; purposes

Known as the Emancipation of Minors Act

The act spans §§ 32–32 (7 sections).

Laws 1995, ch. 206, § 51.

An emancipated minor shall be considered as being over the age of majority for one or more of the following purposes:

A. consenting to medical, dental or psychiatric care without parental consent, knowledge or liability;

B. his capacity to enter into a binding contract;

C. his capacity to sue and be sued in his own name;

D. his right to support by his parents;

E. the rights of his parents to his earnings and to control him;

F. establishing his own residence;

G. buying or selling real property;

H. 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

I. enrolling in any school or college.

Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.