Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 16.1-331 (2026)

Petition for emancipation

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Any minor who has reached his sixteenth birthday and is residing in this Commonwealth, or any parent or guardian of such minor, may petition the juvenile and domestic relations district court for the county or city in which either the minor or his parents or guardian resides for a determination that the minor named in the petition be emancipated. The petition shall contain, in addition to the information required by § 16.1-262, the gender of the minor and, if the petitioner is not the minor, the name of the petitioner and the relationship of the petitioner to the minor.

1986, c. 506; 2016, cc. 457, 543; 2024, c. 737.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Curtis Ray Spurlock v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2024).

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Curtis Ray Spurlock v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “Code § 16.1-331. - 13 - The evidence also sufficiently establishes that Spurlock sexually abused the victims as defined by statute.”

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