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Re: Age limitations
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lugnet.org.us
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Date:
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Tue, 4 Jul 2000 12:54:19 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.org.us, Matthew Miller writes:
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> > 18 is the age where, in the United States, you are legally
> > responsible for yourself. (The age of majority.)
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> There is the ability to seek self-custody prior to 18 through the courts. • What
> about in the extremely unlikely event that someone who has done so wants to
> join? (I realize that the rule is still 18, but what if the reason behind the
> rule flys away?)
Probably irrelevant, there are still legal issues which make a cutoff at age
18 (such as voting, though the voting age has almost no bearing on this
debate, I assume that there are other legal issues which are relevant). Also,
NELUG doesn't allow minors when accompanied by their parent or guardian.
I wonder what kinds of legal muck are created by allowing people under the age
of 18 to become their own guardians? Sounds like a mucky kind of thing to me.
> What if a foreign citizen is studying at a Boston university and they are from
> a nation where majority is granted at 17 and they want in? :-)
Irrelevant to the legal concerns. What matters is the laws governing the
organization.
Frank
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| (...) There is the ability to seek self-custody prior to 18 through the courts. What about in the extremely unlikely event that someone who has done so wants to join? (I realize that the rule is still 18, but what if the reason behind the rule flys (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jul-00, to lugnet.org.us, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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