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Now I wonder, there are most certainly no such protections in place if an underage person goes into coma for long enough that their physical body is aged 18+. Wouldn’t your mind have experienced only very little development through that time, though?

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Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
The same laws that protect drunk, unconscious, disabled, senile, or otherwise incapacitated people would still apply. Here, the 18-year-old with a child’s mind would be deemed incompetent, and assigned a guardian.

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- jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  what if they can prove competence?
  
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  - Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Then we respect their personal agency.
    
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- helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  There’s got to be something more concrete than that, should the guardian be the problem…
  
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  - Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Laws are for generalities. Courts are for specificities. The situation you describe is resolved in the courts, not by legislation.
    
    If the guardian is the problem, the courts assign a new guardian. That guardian can be another relative, or it could be a department of the state.
    
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