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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 18:49:19+00:00

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Any minor who is sixteen years of age or older and who is a resident of this state may petition in the superior court for a declaration of emancipation.
§13.64.020: Petition for emancipation – Filing fees.
(f) a declaration by the petitioner indicating that he or she has the ability to manage his or her personal, social, educational, and nonfinancial affairs, including any supporting information.
§13.64.030: Service of petition – Notice – Date of hearing.
The petitioner shall serve a copy of the filed petition and notice of hearing on the petitioner’s parent or parents, guardian, or custodian at least fifteen days before the emancipation hearing. No summons shall be required. Service shall be waived if proof is made to the court that the address of the parent or parents, guardian, or custodian is unavailable or unascertainable. The petitioner shall also serve notice of the hearing on the department if the petitioner is subject to dependency disposition order under RCW 13.34.130. The hearing shall be held no later than sixty days after the date on which the petition is filed.
(b) a guardian ad litem should be appointed to investigate the allegations of the petition and file a report with the court.
(c) any superior court commissioner if the county does not operate a unified family court. The term does not include a judge pro tempore.
§13.64.050: Emancipation decree – Certified copy – Notation of emancipated status.
(d) that the petitioner has the ability to manage his or her personal, social, educational, and nonfinancial affairs.
(2) A parent, guardian, custodian, or in the case of a dependent minor, the department, may oppose the petition for emancipation. The court shall deny the petition unless it finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that denial of the grant of emancipation would be detrimental to the interests of the minor.
(3) Upon entry of a decree of emancipation by the court the petitioner shall be given a certified copy of the decree. The decree shall instruct the petitioner to obtain a Washington driver’s license or a Washington identification card and direct the department of licensing make a notation of the emancipated status on the license or identification card.
§13.64.060: Power and capacity of emancipated minor.
(h) The right to give informed consent for receiving health care services.
(c) those specific constitutional and statutory age requirements regarding voting, use of alcoholic beverages, possession of firearms, and other health and safety regulations relevant to the minor because of the minor’s age.
§13.64.070: Declaration of emancipation – Voidable.
§13.64.080: Forms to initiate petition of emancipation.
The administrative office of the courts shall prepare and distribute to the county court clerks appropriate forms for minors seeking to initiate a petition of emancipation.

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