<section number="80-7-102"><effdate>9/1/2025</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2025GS">426</modchap>, 2025 General Session</history><modyear>2025</modyear></histories><catchline>Definitions.</catchline><tab/>As used in this chapter:<subsection number="80-7-102(1)">"Emancipation" or "emancipated" means a legal status created by court order that allows a minor to:<subsection number="80-7-102(1)(a)">live independent of the minor's parents or guardian; and</subsection><subsection number="80-7-102(1)(b)">exercise the same rights as an adult under Subsection <xref depth="4" refnumber="80-7-105(1)" start="0">80-7-105(1)</xref>.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="80-7-102(2)">"Guardian" has the same meaning as in Section <xref depth="3" refnumber="75-1-201" start="0">75-1-201</xref>.</subsection><subsection number="80-7-102(3)">"Minor" means an individual who is 16 years old or older.</subsection></section>