To protect third parties with whom the
emancipated minor may deal during the pendency of any such appeal, the code expressly provides that "[t]he validity of an act of the minor shall not be affected by the subsequent modification or termination of the judgment.
Most legal cases to date have upheld the following general principles: (a) the right to an abortion as an extension of constitutionally guaranteed personal freedoms; (b) consultation of a minor's parents/guardian in non-emergency cases; and (c) at least an attempt to consult parents unless dealing with an
emancipated minor (Holder, 1977; Rosoff, 1981).
The flexibility shown with respect to
emancipated minors by some courts, discussed above in Part II, could be extended to other categories of minors.
Category Four: Good language comprehension, sufficient decisional capacity--mature but not
emancipated minorsItem XX deals with issues of confidentiality in general and for minors in particular, clarifying the status of
emancipated minors and the emancipating situation.
Provision of a web learning platform for languages available at all Walloon citizens over 18 years and to
emancipated minors and minors in alternating training.
6) Since that ruling has not been appealed, he said, the state is presently barred from notifying the parents of
emancipated minors who seek abortions.
Some adolescents, depending on the state, are legally recognized as
emancipated minors on the basis of marriage, parenthood, military service, consent of parents (for example, adolescents who are "thrown away" by parents after family conflicts), judicial order of emancipation, or financial independence.
Generally, adolescents who are living independently of their parents or married are considered
emancipated minors and are permitted to make medical decisions as adults (Buchanan & Brock, 1989).
The first is the recommendation that
emancipated minors be empowered to refuse life-sustaining treatment that they regard as an excessive burden, but only with the approval of a bioethics review committee.
Married or legally
emancipated minors are exempted from notification requirements.
The same holds true with
emancipated minors who are 14 or 15 - even if they are not enrolled in school.
