What steps do I have to take to become emancipated from my parents?
Full Question:
Answer:
There is no emancipation status in this state other than the following:
Section 93-19-1 of the Mississippi Code.
The chancery court of the county in which a minor resides, or the chancery
court of a county in which a resident minor owns real estate in matters
pertaining to such real estate, may remove the disability of minority of such
minor. In cases of married minors, the residence of the husband shall be the
residence of the parties. The chancery court of a county in which a
nonresident minor of the State of Mississippi owns real estate or any
interest in real estate may remove the disability of minority of such minor as
to such real estate, so as to enable said minor to do and perform all acts
with reference to such real estate, to sell and convey, to mortgage, to
lease, and to make deeds of trust and contracts, including promissory
notes, concerning said real estate, or any interest therein which may be
owned by such minor, as fully and effectively as if said minor were twenty-
one (21) years of age. The jurisdiction thus exercised shall be that of a court
of general equity jurisdiction, and all presumptions in favor of that adjudged
shall be accorded at all times.
Section 93-19-11 provides:
A married minor shall not be under the disability of minority for the purpose
of bringing or defending a suit for divorce, separate maintenance and
support, temporary maintenance or support, custody of children or any
other action involving marital rights as between the parties, and any married
minor may file or defend such a suit in his own name without the necessity
of being represented by a next friend or guardian ad litem, and be
considered adult for the purposes of such a suit.