Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Re: Family law

It's extremely rare for a child to have the opportunity to speak to judge at all, but it does happen. It's even more rare for a child to speak to a judge alone, but again, it does happen. I see it about once every three years or so in one of my firm's cases, and we handle several hundred family law cases per year.

A child can't be emancipated from just one parent, though it is possible to have one parent's custodial or visitation rights terminated by a judge. A child can be emancipated from both parents, but it can usually only occur at 17 when the child is getting married or joining the military and, even then, the parents have to agree to it.