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2016 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 32A - Children's Code
Article 21 - Emancipation of Minors
Section 32A-21-4 - Emancipation by declaration.

NM Stat § 32A-21-4 (2016) What's This?

32A-21-4. Emancipation by declaration.

Any person sixteen years of age or older may be declared an emancipated minor for one or more of the purposes enumerated in the Emancipation of Minors Act if he is willingly living separate and apart from his parents, guardian or custodian, is managing his own financial affairs and the court finds it in the minor's best interest.

History: Laws 1995, ch. 206, 50.

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