age of majority

• Age of majority

• 34 CFR 300.520 - Transfer of parental rights at age of majority.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 34: Education

• New Hampshire raises the age of majority in juvenile/criminal statutes.

CT Feature

• Corrections Today
• Vol. 64 Nbr. 6, October 2002

• Lower drinking age? It's a complex issue: the forces driving the global epidemic of harmful youth drinking run far deeper than the age of majority for alcohol.

The Amethyst Initiative, a collaborative effort of more than 120 U.S. college presidents to open debate on the minimum legal drinking age of 21, raise...

• New Hampshire Business Review
• September 26, 2008

• Age of Majority

The age at which a person, formerly a minor or an INFANT, is recognized by law to be an adult, capab...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• A–Ba

• the Age of Majority Educational Corporation, and Glen Burnie Adult Sex Education Club, By Its President, David Wilder, Appellants, v. David Preller Et Al., Appellees. Modern Social Education, Inc., and Maryland Adult Sex Education Club, By Its President, Richard Kivert, Appellants. v. David Preller Et Al., Appellees., 512 F.2d 1241 (4th Cir. 1975)

Burton W. Sandler, Towson, Md., for appellants in No. 73-1394. William E. Seekford, Towson, Md., for appellants in No. 73-1395. Thomas G. Young, Ass...

• Federal Circuits

• In re J.F., (Ohio 2011)

The juvenile court abused its discretion in denying the mother’s motion to continue the father’s child support obligation beyond the age of majority and in determining that the child was self-sufficient. Appellant’s assignment of error regarding the presentation of additional evidence is moot. Judgment reversed.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Md. Court of Appeals Extends Statute of Limitations' Reach

A woman who alleges her grandfather molested her when she was a child will get to proceed with her lawsuit against him, Maryland's top court has unanimously ruled. In its 7-0 decision, the Court of Appeals rejected the grandfather's argument that the lawsuit was time-barred because it had not been filed by Sept. 29, 2004, three years after the granddaughter reached 18, the age of adulthood. That three-year statute of limitations had been in effect when the woman, identified in court papers as "Mary Roe," reached the age of majority, the grandfather argued.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• June 06, 2011

• Students' Rights: A Conceptual Framework for Postsecondary Student Academic Freedom

Student rights have become a growing concern for institutions ever since the court case, Dixon v. Alabama State Board of Education (1961) rejected the idea of in loco parentis. More recently students and stakeholders have been promoting students' rights for academic freedom. This paper examines student academic freedom in light of a shift from in loco parentis to the "age of majority" doctrine based on the twenty-sixth amendment of the US Constitution. Furthermore, it lays the groundwork for contractual relationships between students and postsecondary institutions. These concepts resulted in the development of the Student Academic Freedom Conceptual Model. It demonstrates the contractual nature of student academic freedom based on institutional, state, and federal standards as an extens...

• Academy of Educational Leadership Journal
• Vol. 14 Nbr. 1, January 2010

• In re J.V., (Ohio 2010)

Juvenile Court, complaint, subject matter jurisdiction, dismissed, abuse of discretion, paternity actions, retroactive child support, age of majority.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Our Rapidly Graying Nation: ; Census Shows Americans 45 and Older Are New Voting-Age Majority

WASHINGTON - For the first time, Americans 45 and older make up a majority of the voting-age population, giving older Americans wider influence in elections as the U.S. stands divided over curtailing Medicare and other benefits for seniors. Along with the information about the growing influence of older adults, preliminary census estimates also show a decline in the number of married couples with children, slight growth in household size and a rapid rise in the number of Mexicans.

• Charleston Gazette
• May 04, 2011