New Mexico Statutes 32A-21-5. Over the age of majority; purposes
An emancipated minor shall be considered as being over the age of majority for one or more of the following purposes:
Terms Used In New Mexico Statutes 32A-21-5
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
A. consenting to medical, dental or psychiatric care without parental consent, knowledge or liability;
B. his capacity to enter into a binding contract;
C. his capacity to sue and be sued in his own name; D. his right to support by his parents;
E. the rights of his parents to his earnings and to control him; F. establishing his own residence;
G. buying or selling real property;
H. ending all vicarious liability of the minor’s parents, guardian or custodian for the minor’s torts; provided that nothing in this section shall affect any liability of a parent, guardian, custodian, spouse or employer of a minor imposed by the Motor Vehicle Code [Chapter 66, Articles 1 through 8 NMSA 1978] or any vicarious liability that arises from an agency relationship; or
I. enrolling in any school or college.