Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Legal Age

If your parents agree to letting you move out at the age of seventeen, can i do it?


Asked on 12/14/01, 12:05 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Sanford Martin Martin Law Office

Re: Legal Age

Generally, yes, if you leave their home and make your own decisions and are self supporting, you are emancipated, no longer under parental control. In the same way if you're age 17 and you marry or join the military, you are emancipated.

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Answered on 12/14/01, 7:28 pm


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