parental consent

{{Short description|Law requiring the consent of a parent before their child engages in a certain activity}}

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Parental consent laws (also known as parental involvement laws){{Cite web|url=http://www.positive.org/Resources/consent.html|title=Parental Consent Laws|website=www.positive.org|access-date=2018-06-15}} in some countries require that one or more parents consent to or be notified before their minor child{{Cite news|url=https://family.findlaw.com/emancipation-of-minors/what-are-the-legal-rights-of-children.html|title=What are the Legal Rights of Children? - FindLaw|work=Findlaw|access-date=2018-06-15|language=en-US}} can legally engage in certain activities.

Parental consent may refer to:

• A parent's right to give consent, or be informed, before their minor child undergoes medical treatment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawdepot.com/contracts/medical-consent-form/?loc=US#.WyM3C9IzaM8|title=Create Your Free Child Medical Consent|website=LawDepot|language=en|access-date=2018-06-15}} See informed consent for such legislation in general, or minors and abortion{{Cite news|url=https://www.aclu.org/other/laws-restricting-teenagers-access-abortion|title=Laws Restricting Teenagers' Access to Abortion|work=American Civil Liberties Union|access-date=2018-06-15|language=en}} for legislation relating specifically to abortion.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-vacates-ruling-on-undocumented-minors-abortions-1528144325|title=Supreme Court Vacates Ruling on Undocumented Minor's Abortion|last=Kendall|first=Brent|date=2018-06-04|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-06-15|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}

:*Some jurisdictions stop short of requiring parental consent for abortion but require parental notification.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/policy-explainers/early-ed-prek-12/federal-education-legislation/essa/nclb/parent-notification/|title=Parent Notification|website=New America|language=en|access-date=2018-06-15}}

• The parental rights movement, which seeks to require parents to either be notified or give consent if their minor child wishes to go by a different name or different gender pronouns at school.
• A parent's right to give consent before their minor child undergoes body modification such as piercing or tattooing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/2764632/new-laws-restrict-underage-body-modification/|title=New laws restrict underage body modification|last=WOODS|first=EMILY|date=2014-12-15|work=The Advocate|access-date=2018-06-15|language=en}}
• A parent's right to consent to their minor child marrying before they reach marriageable age.
• A parent's right to be involved in their minor child's education, including the right to approve or disapprove of certain curricula, or to consent to extracurricular activities and field trips.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fivecolleges.edu/riskmgmt/forms/consent|title=Informed Consent - Academic Field Trips {{!}} www.fivecolleges.edu|website=www.fivecolleges.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-06-15|archive-date=2018-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615055543/https://www.fivecolleges.edu/riskmgmt/forms/consent|url-status=dead}}