TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW

CHAPTER 6. PARENT AND CHILD

Part 2. Obligations of Parents

When Parental Authority Ceases

40-6-234. When parental authority ceases. The authority of the parent ceases:

(1) upon the appointment, by a court, of a guardian of the person of a child;

(2) upon the marriage of a child; or

(3) upon its attaining majority.

History: En. Sec. 291, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3749, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5841, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 204; Field Civ. C. Sec. 95; re-en. Sec. 5841, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 61-112.