A Topic of Moral Theology
A minor's property and earnings
Roman and English law; a child's duty to support parents; emancipation
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
a teenager's earnings · can parents take a child's money (ed.)
In the index as Children · Children of a family (Filiifamilias) · Goods (Bona) · Minor · Minors · Abandoned · Dominion (Dominium) · Castrensian goods of children · Child of full age · Curator of minors · Dotal goods of wives · Emancipation · Emancipation of minor · Exempted persons · Father · Illegitimate children · Illegitimate persons · Infant · Inheritance · Legitimate child · Legitimation of a child · Legitimation of an illegitimate person · Natural children · Occult Compensation (Compensatio occulta)
In the manuals
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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries
Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section II. Property Rights of Minors, nn. 1, 2 & 3 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. II, § 4. On The Dominion Of Children Of Families According To English Law, n. 31 — 31. 1. A minor is emancipated when he reaches the 21st year, or when he enters marriage, or when he leaves the paternal house and by reason of occupation ceases to be subject to the father, as if the minor becomes a sold… Read in context →
Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae
Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § 2. On the Subject of Ownership in Particular, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶858, ¶859, ¶860, ¶861, ¶862, ¶4, ¶863, ¶864, ¶865, ¶866, ¶867, ¶868, ¶869 & ¶870 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the subject of dominion, nn. ¶1, ¶601, ¶602, ¶603 & ¶604 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Four: On the Subj…, Article I: On the Dominion of Children Under Parental Power, nn. 175, 176, 177, 178 & 179 (40 passages — hover a number to read it)
Treated under the broader heading Property Rights of Minors — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)