Contract by a minor Clause Samples

A 'Contract by a minor' clause defines the legal capacity of individuals under the age of majority to enter into binding agreements. Typically, such clauses state that contracts made by minors are either void or voidable at the minor's discretion, except for certain necessities like food, clothing, or shelter. This clause serves to protect minors from being legally bound by agreements they may not fully understand, thereby allocating risk and ensuring fairness in contractual relationships involving young individuals.
Contract by a minor. With some exceptions, a contract made by a minor is voidable. The minor, in other words, may avoid the legal liability under a contract. Upon reaching the age of majority, a minor may affirm or ratify the contract and therefore make it contractually binding on him. Any expression of the minor’s intention to avoid the contract will accomplish avoidance. A minor can only avoid a contract during his minority status and only for a reasonable time after he reaches the age of majority. After a reasonable period of time, the contract is deemed to be ratified and cannot be avoided. When a minor avoids a contract, there are certain rules of law regarding the effect on any property received by the minor under the contract. If the minor still has what he received from the other party, he must return it to the other party upon seeking to avoid the contract. If he does not return the property in such a situation, he cannot avoid the contract. If the minor cannot return what he has received pursuant to the contract because it has been spent, damaged or destroyed, he still can avoid the contract. He can avoid the contract and is only required to return that part of the consideration he still has. Even if he has nothing left, or what he has is damaged property, he still can avoid the contract.
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