Section 16.1-334 - Effects of orderAn order that a minor is emancipated shall have the following effects:
1. The minor may consent to medical, dental, or psychiatric care, without parental consent, knowledge, or liability;2. The minor may enter into a binding contract or execute a will;3. The minor may sue and be sued in his own name;4. The minor shall be entitled to his own earnings and shall be free of control by his parents or guardian;5. The minor may establish his own residence;6. The minor may buy and sell real property;7. The minor may not thereafter be the subject of a petition under this chapter as abused, neglected, abandoned, in need of services, in need of supervision, or in violation of a juvenile curfew ordinance enacted by a local governing body;8. The minor may enroll in any school or institution of higher education, without parental consent;9. The minor may secure a driver's license under § 46.2-334 or § 46.2-335 without parental consent;10. The parents of the minor shall no longer be the guardians of the minor;11. The parents of a minor shall be relieved of any obligations respecting his school attendance under Article 1 (§ 22.1-254 et seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 22.1;12. The parents shall be relieved of all obligation to support the minor;13. The minor shall be emancipated for the purposes of parental liability for his acts;14. The minor may execute releases in his own name; and15. The minor may not have a guardian ad litem appointed for him pursuant to any statute solely because he is under age 18 .
The acts done when such order is or is purported to be in effect shall be valid notwithstanding any subsequent action terminating such order or a judicial determination that the order was void ab initio.
1986, c. 506; 1990, c. 568; 1993, c. 778.Amended by Acts 2024 c. 737,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by Acts 1993, § c. 778.Amended by Acts 1990, § c. 568.Amended by Acts 1986, § c. 506.