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A “child” is a person under eighteen years of age. Kan. Stat.

Close in Age Exemptions Unfortunately, Kansas is one of the states that has no Romeo and Juliet laws. In Kansas, the age of consent is 16, and there is no close-in-age exemption available.

If you want to change the child's last name but both parents cannot appear before a Kansas judge in any courthouse in Kansas you will need to obtain a court order legal name change to a minor following K.S.A. 60-1402 through your local county courthouse.

It is possible to become emancipated prior to the age of 18, which is called an Emancipated Minor. If you will be 18 in six months or less, there is not time to complete the emancipation process before you turn 18 and are automatically emancipated.

In fact, until fairly recently, 21 seemed to be the average age of majority in the U.S. and also the Western world in general. This was partly due to the Vietnam War, which saw 18 year olds (legally considered children at that time) die in combat. This prompted Congress to lower the age of majority from 21 to 18.

Those under the "age of majority," who are also legally known as minors, are considered incapable of making such decisions in the eyes of the law. The state of Kansas recognizes the age of majority as 18, with some exceptions.

In Kansas, as in many other states, there are no state or federal laws that specifically limit the number of consecutive days an employee over the age of 16 can work. This means that employers can require employees to work seven days in a row if needed.

Times of day that can be worked Minors aged 16 or 17 can work any time between 5am and 10pm or, if the next day is not a school day, between 5am and am.

Children under 16 can work up to three hours on a school day, 18 hours in a school week, 8 hours on a non-school day, 40 hours on a non-school week. If the employer is not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, the children under 16 may not work more than eight hours in one day, nor more than 40 hours in one week.