Answer 2 for NRS 420 Explain what research has shown about the potential outcomes for teenagers who are not supported when in this difficult questioning period of “who they are.”

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Hi,  To become an emancipated minor in Nebraska you must be someone at least 16 years old but under the age of 19. You are asking the court to allow you to be treated as an adult and you will have most of the responsibilities of an adult under the law. In order to be eligible there are several requirements you must be filing the petition voluntarily and willingly live apart from your parents, you are able to support yourself without financial support from anyone else. You are mature and able to manage your own affairs, you have demonstrated an ability and commitment  to get an education or employment and lastly a judge must find that emancipation is in your best interests (Emancipation | Nebraska Judicial Branch, n.d.).

To start the process you need to complete several forms including the petition for judgment of emancipation and pay a filing fee. Once you file the petition you have to notify people, this is called “service of process” and includes your parents or legal guardian but if you not find them a relative who lives in Nebraska. If you do not notify within 6 months your case will be dropped.  You will attend preliminary meetings with the judge and then a court hearing to prove that your parents or guardians are no longer supporting you. While you will be able to make your own decisions such as marrying, entering into contracts and handling all of your own affairs emancipation does not grant certain rights like the right to vote, purchase or use alcohol or tobacco and you are still required to stay in school until you are 18 and you are still subject to child labor laws, limiting the hours a minor is allowed to work (Attorney, 2023).

Attorney, T. M. A. (2023, November 27). Emancipation in Nebraska: A Path to Independence for Minors — McGill Law | Best divorce & family law Attorneys in Nebraska & Iowa. McGill Law | Best Divorce & Family Law Attorneys in Nebraska & Iowa. https://mcgilllawyers.com/mcgill-law-blog/emancipation-in-nebraska

Emancipation | Nebraska Judicial Branch. (n.d.). https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/self-help/families-children/emancipation

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