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In maryland if someone graduates from high school before reaching the age of eighteen can they still be considered to have reached the age of majority or to be legally emancipated from their parents?
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It does not seem so, unless you get married or join the military.
I got this off the Maryland Department of Juvenille services.
A: Article 1, 1 24, of the Maryland Annotated Code provides that the age of majority is 18, and that a person reaching that age is an adult for all purposes, except when specifically provided otherwise by statute. Unlike some other states (like California), Maryland does not have a youth emancipation act. There are some instances in which a Maryland youth may become emancipated. For example, § 2-301 of the Family Law Article permits the emancipation of a minor by marriage. That means that the child is freed from the control of the parents, and the parents are free from the duty to support the child. Emancipation by marriage does not free the child from the legal disabilities (voting, drinking, ability to enter into contracts, etc) imposed on minors unless a statute specifically says so. A minor who is married has the same capacity as an adult to consent to medical treatment or to hold title to property as a tenant by the entireties with a spouse who has reached the age of majority.