Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 13. CONTRACTS · Chapter 3. ELEMENTS AND FORMATION GENERALLY · Article 2. CAPACITY OF PARTIES

13-3-21. Minors — Contracts relating to practice of profession, trade, or business.

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If a minor, by permission of his parent or guardian or by permission of law, practices any profession or trade or engages in any business as an adult, he shall be bound for all contracts connected with such profession, trade, or business.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2695; Code 1868, § 2691; Code 1873, § 2733; Code 1882, § 2733; Civil Code 1895, § 3650; Civil Code 1910, § 4235; Code 1933, § 20-203.

Law reviews

For article discussing, ‘‘Voidability of Minors’ Contracts: A Feudal Doctrine in a Modern Economy,’’ see 1 Ga. L. Rev. 205 (1967). For comment on Ware v. Mobley, 190 Ga. 249, 9 S.E.2d 67 (1940), see 3 Ga. B.J. 65 (1940).

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