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  2. Mature minor doctrine - Wikipedia

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    The mature minor doctrine is a rule of law found in the United States and Canada accepting that an unemancipated minor patient may possess the maturity to choose or reject a particular health care treatment, sometimes without the knowledge or agreement of parents, and should be permitted to do so. [1]

  3. Kinship care - Wikipedia

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    Formal Kinship Care. In this type of kinship care, "the child is placed in the legal custody of the State by a judge and the child welfare places the child with family members. [14]" The state will remain having legal custody of the child and the relatives will have physical custody, which means they must support the child financially and give ...

  4. Legal guardian - Wikipedia

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    For example, a legal guardian might be granted the authority to make decisions regarding a ward's housing or medical care or manage the ward's finances. [2] Guardianship is most appropriate when an alleged ward is functionally incapacitated, meaning they have a lagging skill critical to performing certain tasks, such as making important life ...

  5. Emancipation of minors - Wikipedia

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    An emancipated minor does not simply acquire all rights of an adult; likewise, a child does not lack such rights merely because they are not emancipated. For example, in the US minors have some rights to consent to medical procedures without parental consent or emancipation, under the doctrine of the mature minor.

  6. Extended family - Wikipedia

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    The dramatic increase in grandparent-headed households has been attributed to many factors including parental substance abuse. [19] In 2003, the number of U.S. "family groups" where one or more subfamilies live in a household (e.g. a householder's daughter has a child. The mother-child is a subfamily) was 79 million.

  7. Parental consent - Wikipedia

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    Parental consent laws (also known as parental involvement laws) [1] in some countries require that one or more parents consent to or be notified before their minor child [2] can legally engage in certain activities. Parental consent may refer to: A parent's right to give consent, or be informed, before their minor child undergoes medical ...

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