Can This Minor Consent Alone? (CA, TX)

Whether a minor may consent alone to a service in California or Texas, and under which section.

Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

State
Texas
Age
15
Service
Care for a current pregnancy

Result: Texas: an unmarried, pregnant teenager may consent to pregnancy care, other than abortion (32.003).

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What you enter

  • State
  • Age (years)
  • Service
  • Living apart from parents
  • Managing own finances
  • Mature enough (California mental health)
  • On active military duty (Texas)
How this is calculated

Cal. Fam. Code 6922, 6924, 6925 (as amended by AB 260, 2025), 6926, 6927, and 6929; Tex. Fam. Code 32.003. Read the source ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.

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Built by Clay Good. Source on GitHub.