Teenage surgery without parent's consent

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If they want and can qualify/complete the emancipation process (which includes financial self support) then take that route. Then the minor can have any surgery they can afford. Until that time or the age of majority my position would be no. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_of_minors

The mother is fighting the daughter's emancipation even though the daughter is not emancipated and doesn't need to be either.

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/m...nt-n685266

The lawsuit's references to emancipation also struck OutFront's Duran as confusing—especially because the state law does not employ the term at all. Instead, it simply allows for minors who are living on their own to make their own medical decisions.

"There's no evidence that this kid is legally emancipated," Duran said. "It's a head scratcher as to what [Calgaro] expects the court to do to reverse a decision that was never made."

Also the whole focus seems to be on the surgery but there is little reason to think that the minor is going to get surgery yet anyway. She's going to turn 18 next July so it's even more puzzling what the mother is trying to achieve. It looks like she's just being vindictive and causing trouble.

At 17 years old, a trans girl is at best going to get access to counseling and hormones," Duran said. "There's reference in the press release to a surgery or operation. It would be incredibly unlikely—vanishingly unlikely—that a minor would get access to surgery."