Arkansas Legal Services OnlineEmancipation in Arkansas is available in a PDF form.

A lot of people are interested in getting rid of their parents.There isn't much clarity about the details.Maybe this will help.

Arkansas courts use the term "emancipation" to describe when a person is no longer eligible for child support.The dates are not always the same.There was no help there.The term appears in a lot of older cases, so it may have had a broader definition in the past.

Two of the three times the term "emancipation" is used in the Arkansas Code are relevant to our question.The removal of a minor's disability to contract is referred to as "contractual emancipation" in the definition section of the Arkansas Code.The other location is Arkansas.Code Ann.There is a section entitled "Emancipation of juveniles."

The problem with that law is that it can only be used in dependency-neglect cases.It doesn't apply for most situations because it is restricted to DHS matters.The statute lines out various hoops a would-be emancipatee would have to meet, which are fairly difficult and make emancipation even less available.

You can throw off the shackles of childhood before you are 18.

Both parties will need parental consent in the first instance.The husband and wife must be at least 17 years old.

In the second instance, anyone over 16 can petition a court to remove their disability so they can enter contracts like an adult.This option was codified at Ark.Code Ann.The parent must have notice if 9-26-104) does not require parental consent.