Contents

• Introduction
  • Prior Law Office Work and Current Research
  • Constitutional Constraints
  • Runaway and Homeless Youths
  
  
• Emancipation
  • Introduction
  • Definition
  • Issues
  • Questions Presented
  • Massachusetts Analysis
  • Emancipation State Chart
  
  
• Mature Minor Rule
  • Expanded Health Care Consent Statutes for Minors: ``Mature Minor Rule''
  • Questions Presented
  • Massachusetts Analysis
  • MMR State Chart
  
  
• Legal Access
  • Legal Access: Ability of Minors to Access the Legal System
  • Questions Presented
  • Federal Analysis
  • Massachusetts Analysis
  
  
• Shelter Restriction
  • Introduction
  • Definition
  • Questions Presented
  • Federal Analysis
  • Massachusetts Analysis
  
  
• The States Chosen
• Alabama
  • Emancipation
  • Mature Minor
  • Legal Access
  • Shelter Restrictions
  
  
• Arizona
  • Emancipation
  • Mature Minor
  • Legal Access
  • Shelter Restrictions
  
  
• California
  • Emancipation
  • Mature Minor
  • Legal Access
  • Shelter Restrictions
  
  
• Michigan
  • Emancipation
  • Mature Minor
  • Legal Access
  • Shelter Restrictions
  
  
• Minnesota
  • Emancipation
  • Mature Minor
  • Legal Access
  • Shelter Restrictions
  
  
• Washington
  • Emancipation
  • Mature Minor
  • Legal Access
  • Shelter Restrictions
  
  
• Recommendations And Solutions
  • Emancipation
  • Mature Minor Rule
  • Legal Access
  • Shelter Restrictions
  
  
• Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  
  
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