The programs include things such as educational programs, community service, paying restitution or a fine. Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The legal term used to describe the point at which parents are no longer responsible for their children and children are no longer answerable to their parents. This usually occurs at the age of 18. However, emancipation may sometimes occur earlier if and when the parent and child have agreed to live independently, the child has joined the military, the child has married, or a court has granted an appropriate petition to declare a child emancipated.
Emancipation also affects a child's legal rights and responsibilities.
This is a classification of crime. Felonies are ranked one through six with one being the most serious. Felonies are the most serious of crimes which are offenses generally punishable by death or prison, A.R.S. 13-601. If the crime is gang related it may be a more serious level of felony. These are acts which are unlawful for juveniles but not adults.