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North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 48A Minors

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Article 1 - Age of Majority.

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-1.   Common-law definition of "minor" abrogated
  The common‑law definition of minor insofar as it pertains to the age of the minor is hereby repealed and abrogated. (1971, c. 585, s. 1;...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-2.   Age of minors
  A minor is any person who has not reached the age of 18 years. (1971, c. 585, s. 1; 2003‑207, s. 1.)
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-3.   Statute of limitations; applicability
  For purposes of determining the applicability of the statute of limitations which has been tolled because of minority or for purposes of determining the applicable...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-4 through 48A-10.   Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 2 - Certain Contracts of Minors.

• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-11.   Applicability
  This Article applies to any of the following contracts entered into between an unemancipated minor and any third party or parties: (1) A contract pursuant...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-12.   No disaffirmance if approved by superior court
  (a) A contract, otherwise valid, of a type described in G.S. 48A‑11, entered into during minority, cannot be disaffirmed on that ground either during the...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-13.   Copies of certain documents to be provided
  A parent or guardian, as the case may be, entitled to the physical custody, care, and control of a minor, who enters into a contract...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-14.   Financial safeguards in court orders approving contracts
  (a) Notwithstanding any other statute, in an order approving a minor's contract of a type described in G.S. 48A‑11, the court shall require that fifteen...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-15.   Financial safeguards when no court order
  (a) Notwithstanding any other statute, for any minor's contract of a type described in G.S. 48A‑11 that is not being submitted for approval by the...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-16.   Trust to be established
  (a) The trustee or trustees shall establish a trust pursuant to this section at a bank, savings and loan institution, credit union, brokerage firm, or...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-17.   Talent agency contracts
  (a) As used in this Article, the term "talent agency" means a person or corporation who engages in the occupation of procuring, offering, promising, or...
• N.C. Gen. Stat. § 48A-18.   Disaffirmance of talent agency contracts
  A minor cannot disaffirm a contract, otherwise valid, entered into during minority, either during the actual minority of the minor entering into the contract or...

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