Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-71.141.99.140-20130613055136/@comment-5355525-20130618092917

Utter solitude wrote: Also, age of consent is not what makes one an adult... it's just the age where it's no longer a form of rape for someone over 18 to have sex with you XD

Different states have different ages and criteria for when they emancipate minors from the state foster system. (For example, Ohio doesn't have a set age. Someone with parents is expected to be supported by them until they are both 18 and graduate. An orphan would be supported by the state until they graduate or petition for emancipation) Also not sure why you assume Emma was emancipated by the state of Massachusetts.. it could have been anywhere in New England.

Until they tell or show us different, that's what must be assumed,.... Boston to be exact. That's where they showed us the foster care home was when Pinocchio and Emma first arrived. And after Tallahassee for two years she apparently went back home to Boston where Henry found her. And yes!....she could have gone anywhere between Tallahassee and Boston. Emma had 5 other addresses before her last one in Boston. It's possible all 5 were in Boston, who knows?, but in the end her last address was in Boston,...that's my point.

With regards to "Age of Majority", Emma's emancipated state of being was apparently not recognized by the state of Arizona, as they still recognized her as a minor til 18 years of age, even though her emancipation confers the status of maturity before she reached the age of majority, it wasn't recognized by Arizona.

Your argument is that the age of consent is not what makes one an adult.

In this case, it was that very thing. It enabled Emma to seek and acquire emancipation, making her an adult in the state that awarded her emancipation, as well as any other state that recognizes her age of majority status.

The age of consent and age of majority in both Oregon and Arizona is 18 years of age. Not possible to confuse the two, as both are the same. So in those states as well as many more, the age of consent does make you an adult.

So my original statement, "'' Emma was released from foster care as an adult in the state of Mass. Their age of consent is 16." ...  ''stands true in this case. No correction required.