Hello- I would like to learn more about emancipated minorship in the
Commonwealth of Virginia. Could a researcher please look up:
1. What conditions must be met and and how to obtain emancipated minorship
2. What privledges a 15 year-old would be granted with emancipated minorship
3. What precentage of Virginia minors are emancipated (rough estimate
is fine) thanks!

---

Clarification of Question by pcbene-ga on 05 Jan 2006 16:35 PST

I see- what about a 16-year-old?

It doesn't appear that a 15-year-old is eligible to be an emancipated
minor in Virginia:

"§ 16.1-331. Petition for emancipation. 

Any minor who has reached his sixteenth birthday and is residing in
this Commonwealth, or any parent or guardian of such minor, may
petition the juvenile and domestic relations district court for the
county or city in which either the minor or his parents or guardian
resides for a determination that the minor named in the petition be
emancipated. The petition shall contain, in addition to the
information required by § 16.1-262, the gender of the minor and, if
the petitioner is not the minor, the name of the petitioner and the
relationship of the petitioner to the minor."

http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+16.1-331