Andy Walsh2x Exited Founder, Startup Strategist & Podcast Host

How a teenager got emancipated to trade stocks

15 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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A teenager got emancipated in court to legally trade stocks, even though they still lived with their parents. The judge expected typical family conflict but was amused to learn the real reason: the teen just wanted to buy and sell stocks. The signature became legally binding.

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If you really want to do this, here's what you have to do. And I was like, okay, what do you need me to do? You have to get emancipated from your parents. And so for people who don't know, that means you have to go to court and actually say you're legally an adult and your signature is binding. So you can typically, it's for people who want to sign an apartment lease when you're a teenager because you want to move out of the house. So I had to do that. So I went to the judge and the judge is like, hey, what's going on? It's like, that's my mom and dad behind me. And it's like, hey, why do you want to get emancipated? You usually hate your parents when you get emancipated. And they're like, I just want to trade stocks. And he's like, What? He was like, I wanna trade stocks. I was like, okay, so you, you're gonna still live with your parents? Everything's good? He's like, everything's fine. I just wanna trade stock. I was like, this is the easiest, like most interesting one that I've ever done. Signed off on it.