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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 102 – Non-Financial Requirements Page |76 Effective Month: September 2018 regularly attending school because lack of transportation is a circumstance beyond his control. • Student status is also granted to homebound students who have to stay home due to a disability. • Student status is granted if the child studies courses given by a school (grades 7 – 12), college, university or government agency and a home visitor or tutor direct the study or training. A child remains a student when classes end if he attends classes regularly prior to school vacation and intends to return when school reopens.  MAGI-Related Programs To be categorically eligible as a child in the MAGI programs, the individual must be under the age of 19. Age is verified as outlined in 102.08.01. An individual’s status as a child ends effective the month after he turns age 19. Emancipated Children Most children are dependents of their parents or have another adult caretaker. However, some children may be emancipated. An emancipated minor is authorized to act on his own behalf. Though not a dependent child, the emancipated minor under age 19 is a categorically eligible child for MAGI programs. Emancipation may occur the following ways: • Court-Ordered Emancipation In certain situations, a court may grant an order of emancipation or relief of minority to remove a minor child from the parents’ supervision and financial responsibility and allow the minor child to live independently and act on his own behalf. • Marriage When a minor child marries, he in effect emancipates himself. If the minor lives with a spouse, he is not considered a dependent of his parents.