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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 102 – Non-Financial Requirements Page |77 Effective Month: September 2018 However, if the minor lives with his parents apart from the spouse, he returns to dependent child status for MAGI purposes. • Living Independently There may be instances in which parents relinquish supervision and financial responsibility for a child. When a child is living independently, he is an emancipated minor. It is possible for emancipated minors living together (unmarried/no children) to qualify as a child under age 19 in a COE reserved for children’s coverage, i.e., COE-073/074 or CHIP. NOTE: How an emancipated child under age 19 is treated for financial eligibility depends on the living arrangement of the child, the child’s tax dependent or tax filer status and/or whether the child must be treated as an exception to tax filer rules or under non-filer rules as required in budgeting rules, outlines in Chapter 400. Minor Parents An unmarried parent under age 19 who resides in the home with his children and his parents (the children’s grandparents) has his/her own eligibility determined using MAGI budgeting rules for a tax filer, a tax filer exception or a non-filer as outlined in Chapter 400; however, the minor’s children are dependent children of the minor parent for determining their eligibility. Minor Heads of Household There are instances in which it is permissible for a child to be the head of household. Children living independently, including those in group homes, orphanages and other situations in which parents have relinquished or abandoned custody, often have individuals filing on their behalf, such as a social worker, administrator or foster parent; however, it is also permissible for the child to file the application when he is capable of doing so. In addition, a child living with parents can be the head of household, i.e., the person filing the application, under certain circumstances: