But she's only 19!

[wolfie]

I believe it's eighteen in the US by Federal law, but it's worth researching. If any of the signers is a major, however, the contract would be valid no matter what.

So you're saying the contract could be voided if none of the signers had a rank higher than Captain?

[EricKei]

So you're saying the contract could be voided if none of the signers had a rank higher than Captain?

EK - C'mere....

wolfie - What?

EK - I have a with your name on it...

wolfie - eep

[Raveni]

Aww Man I need a mommy to make all my debts go away!

Lol, that's basically what happened anyway. I'm sure mommy needed up paying the bill.

[QASlave]

PS. what is the lowest legal contract age? 16, 17 or 18? But I understand that if an adult guardian/parent is also co-signed (which it sounds like it maybe here) that even that limit does not apply.

Depends on the State. Most States, the age of 'majority' is 18. I live in Nebraska where that age is 19. If you are the age of majority and sign a contract, you're stuck. (Unless you can prove fraud.) There was a kid here recently who won $50,000 in some nationwide trivia contest and they refused to pay him. You see the rules of the contest were, "Must be at least 18 years old OR the age of majority in your State." He was 18, but that don't count in Nebraska.

[Jetfire]

Depends on the State. Most States, the age of 'majority' is 18. I live in Nebraska where that age is 19. If you are the age of majority and sign a contract, you're stuck. (Unless you can prove fraud.) There was a kid here recently who won $50,000 in some nationwide trivia contest and they refused to pay him. You see the rules of the contest were, "Must be at least 18 years old OR the age of majority in your State." He was 18, but that don't count in Nebraska.

The programmer in me would say he still qualified if that was the exact wording. When you have "If A OR B" then you only need one of the conditions to be true. Since he was 18, he satisfied the "Must be at least 18 years old" condition.

So to be logically valid, the contract should have been "Must be at least 18 years old AND the age of majority in your State."

That said, I understand your point and the exact details don't really matter; I'd hate to have been that teen though. I hope that they awarded the prize to someone and didn't just look for the loop hole to disqualify him and pocket the money.

[auntiem]

Darn it - I should have tried that approach with my marriage contract since I was "only 19".

[simplyanother]

I was only seventeen...

I was ONLY SEVENTEEN!

...And I once killed a man with a Fender guitar...

this probably references something totally different, but you put a song in my head. and it's one i haven't listened to in years... dang it. lol

[downforit2008]

"She's only 19!!!"

Big stupid deal!!! 19 is a year past legal adulthood and anyone at that age should be able to know what a contract means, especially before they put their damn John Hancock on one. I enlisted in the Army on my 19th birthday and became a combat engineer at that age willing to die for my country. If I can do that at age 19, then Mommy's little princess should be able to know what a cell phone contract is at the same age.
Jesus, that SC was explaining it in a way as if her daughter was f**king six or something. Time for her to stop breastfeeding her kid, right???

[EricKei]

but you put a song in my head. ... dang it. lol

Heehee

Wasted Youth (speech) by Jim Steinman. note -- NSFW due to language (found the live version, I have that set. *joy*)

The "song" version of WY is from Bat Out of Hell II, by Meat Loaf, the guy for whom Steinman often writes songs.

[simplyanother]

Heehee

Wasted Youth (speech) by Jim Steinman. note -- NSFW due to language (found the live version, I have that set. *joy*)

The "song" version of WY is from Bat Out of Hell II, by Meat Loaf, the guy for whom Steinman often writes songs.

I am going to pretend like I don't own Bat Out of Hell II, okay? heh (But seriously, though it now lives on my mp3 player, I haven't listened in years, because, well, I'm a dork).

[EricKei]

Hey now, nothing wrong with owning either Bat.

Admitting that you own Welcome to the Neighborhood, on the other hand....*surreptitiously tosses a CD into the fireplace* >_>

[taxguykarl]

SCM (Cuting me off): I.DON'T.CARE. she's only 19, she's far too young to understand these things!

Sounds like mommy didn't teach her to read what she signs.
BTW, Redbeard, wasn't it an option to reply that customer info was confidential?

[Geek King]

Hey now, nothing wrong with owning either Bat.

Admitting that you own Welcome to the Neighborhood, on the other hand...

I do have that one. Some good tunes on there, too. This coming from a guy currently listening to B.O.C.'s "Joan Crawford", to be fair though.

[PepperElf]

SCM (Cuting me off): I.DON'T.CARE. she's only 19, she's far too young to understand these things!

I take it she's giving up her right to vote then too, yes?

After all if she's "too young to understand"....

[simplyanother]

Hey now, nothing wrong with owning either Bat.

Admitting that you own Welcome to the Neighborhood, on the other hand....*surreptitiously tosses a CD into the fireplace* >_>

Heh, Bat Out of Hell was one of the first...three CDs I ever got. And yes, it was probably due to that song that drove everyone crazy in 93, but I was 15. What can I say? I know that I listened to it over and over. And over.

And over.


(and over)