California Family Code 6712 – A contract, otherwise valid, entered into during minority, may not be …
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A contract, otherwise valid, entered into during minority, may not be disaffirmed on that ground either during the actual minority of the person entering into the contract, or at any time thereafter, if all of the following requirements are satisfied:
(a) The contract is to pay the reasonable value of things necessary for the support of the minor or the minor’s family.
Terms Used In California Family Code 6712
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Family Code 105
- Support: refers to a support obligation owing on behalf of a child, spouse, or family, or an amount owing pursuant to Section 17402. See California Family Code 150
(b) These things have been actually furnished to the minor or to the minor’s family.
(c) The contract is entered into by the minor when not under the care of a parent or guardian able to provide for the minor or the minor’s family.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)