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Which of the following groups is legally deprived from directly entering into contracts?A) minorsB) persons adjudged mentally incompetentC) persons with alternating states of mental competence and mental incompetenceD) intoxicated persons
In a contract involving a mentally competent person and a person adjudged mentally incompetent, either party can enforce the contract.
The parental duty of support is terminated if a minor becomes emancipated.
If a minor does not disaffirm a contract upon reaching the age of majority, the contract is considered ratified.
Which of the following is correct regarding a contract where one of the parties is mentally incompetent but not adjudged mentally incompetent?A) The contract is voidable by the mentally competent party.B) The contract is only voidable by the mentally incompetent person.C) Only the court-appointed legal guardian of the mentally incompetent person can modify the contract.D) The mentally incompetent person must be placed in status quo if the mentally competent person voids the contract.
Minors are not obligated to pay for contracts they enter into for the necessaries of life.
A person who was legally mentally incompetent at the time of entering into a contract is relieved of his duties under the contract.
A ratified contract can be disaffirmed even after the minor reaches the age of majority
For a minor to be bound by a contract with an adult after reaching the age of majority, he must ________.A) disaffirm the contract before reaching the age of majorityB) complete his contractual duties of restitution and restorationC) ratify the contract after reaching the age of majorityD) place the adult in status quo until reaching the age of maturity
Which of the following is correct regarding minors and contracts for the necessaries of life?A) Minors need to reach the age of majority to enter into contracts for the necessaries of life.B) Minors are exempt from paying for contracts for the necessaries of life.C) Minors must pay the reasonable value of the necessaries of life for which they contract.D) Parents are liable to provide the necessaries of life to their minor children if they become
The infancy doctrine gives adults the right to disaffirm contracts entered with minors
A minor can disaffirm a contract any time after reaching the age of majority.
Any age below the statutory age of majority is called the period of minority.
According to the minor's duty of restoration, the goods received from an adult must be returned in status quo after the contract has been disaffirmed by the minor.
The infancy doctrine binds an adult to a minor's decision on a contract.
The emancipation doctrine assists a minor in holding his parents responsible for the necessaries of life.
Which of the following states that a minor is obligated only to return the goods or property he has received from the adult in the condition it is in at the time of disaffirmance?A) the duty of restorationB) the duty of restitutionC) the infancy doctrineD) the emancipation doctrine
If a minor voluntarily leaves home and lives apart from her parents, this is referred to as ________.A) restitutionB) emancipationC) restorationD) adhesion
If a minor ratifies a contract while still a minor, the ________.A) contract can still be disaffirmed by the minorB) minor is bound by the terms of the contractC) minor is exempt from the duty of restitutionD) minor must place the other party in status quo upon disaffirmance
Which of the following is the act of a minor to rescind a contract under the infancy doctrine either orally, in writing, or by the minor's conduct?A) ratificationB) disaffirmanceC) nullificationD) adherence