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Legal duties are not really the same as moral duties. In the United States, for example, Ange would be eligible to vote and enlist and be financially independent, among other things. I've met plenty of 18 year olds who can handle that and I've met plenty who can't. From what Umineko's shown me of Ange, I think she's the sort who can handle that sort of responsibility, so I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt on making her own choices.
A parent's job isn't necessarily always to do what's best for their child. And in Ange's case in particular, she doesn't really have a parental figure at her age. Eva's dead (and distrusted), Kasumi's a stranger and an apparently crazy one at that, Battler doesn't know the Ange who is 18, and she really has nobody else. Even if you want to say someone in a parental role should attempt to influence her decisions (and, you seem to argue, control her access to information she desires), who exactly is supposed to do it?
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