Legal Capacity of Children

Utah Code tit. 15, ch. 15-2

in effect

Utah Code § 15-2-1 Period of minority.

15-2-1. Period of minority. The period of minority extends in males and females to the age of 18 years; but all minors obtain their majority by marriage. It is further provided that courts in divorce actions may order support to age 21. Amended by Chapter 39, 1975 General Session

Utah Code § 15-2-2 Liability for necessaries and on contracts -- Disaffirmance.

15-2-2. Liability for necessaries and on contracts -- Disaffirmance. A minor is bound not only for reasonable value of necessaries but also by the minor's contracts, unless the minor disaffirms them before or within a reasonable time after the minor attains majority and restores to the other party all money or property received by the minor by virtue of said contracts and remaining within the minor's control at any time after attaining majority. Amended by Chapter 365, 2024 General Session

Utah Code § 15-2-3 Limitation on right to disaffirm.

15-2-3. Limitation on right to disaffirm. No contract can be thus disaffirmed in cases where, on account of the minor's own misrepresentations as to the minor's majority or from the minor having engaged in business as adult, the other party had good reason to believe the minor capable of contracting. Amended by Chapter 365, 2024 General Session

Utah Code § 15-2-4 Payment for personal services.

15-2-4. Payment for personal services. When a contract for the personal services of a minor has been made with the minor alone, and those services are afterward performed, payment made therefor to such minor in accordance with the terms of the contract is a full satisfaction for those services, and the parent or guardian cannot recover therefor a second time. Amended by Chapter 365, 2024 General Session

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