tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post5178344772136716279..comments2023-12-14T18:17:52.957-08:00Comments on The Train Wreck Love Life: mamas, don't let your cowgirls grow up and have babiesEmilly Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-83907756348364161682010-12-24T23:50:35.272-08:002010-12-24T23:50:35.272-08:00So...essentially, contracts can be entered into, u...So...essentially, contracts <i>can</i> be entered into, unless the teen in question wants to wriggle out of it? Or the parents object in a state where they have a legal standing?<br /><br />Sounds far too tangled than the Labs should be messing with, either way.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-56562491394919635672010-12-24T22:32:43.678-08:002010-12-24T22:32:43.678-08:00Coming to the party late.
It's been a long ti...Coming to the party late.<br /><br />It's been a long time, but "infancy" is a defense in the enforceability of a contract. It's not that an adult cannot enter into a contract with a teen (employment is a form of contractual relationship, after all), it's that if the teen doesn't fulfill his/her terms of the contract, and the adult goes to court to enforce the contract ... the teen can raise their incapacity as a defense.<br /><br />Even when that, various states have various degrees of exemption. Example - in CA, contracts for "necessities" entered into by minors are enforceable. And for other contracts involving minors, there may well be a provision for parental indemnification/warranty, depending on the provisions of state law.Magdalena Kamenevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15704815488913145647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-21291519670704924392010-12-20T14:40:12.712-08:002010-12-20T14:40:12.712-08:00See, again, this is what happens when you're a...See, again, this is what happens when you're a company with a great need for legal counsel, and you lay off your legal staff.Emilly Orrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245643246821826101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135301473915671680.post-1609062517038867852010-12-20T10:26:02.004-08:002010-12-20T10:26:02.004-08:00....If you're thirteen, you're not able to...<i>....If you're thirteen, you're not able to enter into legally binding agreements. Right?</i><br /><br />I'm not a lawyer, but that is one of the things I remember from biz law class - in the USA, this is correct - you have to be 18 to enter into a legally binding contract. Under 18 is *legally* considered "infant" (And no, calling a 17yr old an "infant" in court papers doesn't make much sense to me either...but that's law stuff for ya.)Alexandra Ruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293068479980875034noreply@blogger.com