Cafaro v. Cafaro

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

Parental emancipation was unknown to the common law. Although it ordinarily relates to the services and earnings of the child and the right to sue and recover therefor (e. g., Costello v. Prospect Brewing Co., 52 N. J. Eq. 557, 560; Snediker v. Everingham, 27 N. J. L. 143, 148), and, so confined, is termed partial emancipation (20 R. C. L. 608, 609), in its general sense it signifies a surrender and renunciation of the correlative rights and duties touching' the care, custody and earnings of the child. Campbell v. Campbell, 11 N. J. Eq. 268,…