DE · jury_instructions
Del. P.J.I. Civ. § 19.12
Contract Defenses – Minors
MINORS
Persons must be at least 18 years old before they can enter into contracts that
are legally binding. But an exception to this rule exists for minors who must enter
into contracts to obtain things indispensable to living, such as food, shelter, and
clothing. In law, these things are known as “necessaries.”
You must determine whether the contract between [minor’s name] and [other
party’s name] was made for the purpose of securing necessaries.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.delaware.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-23
- Edition
- civ-2025-10-22
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422dde7799b18f0eabed8b215901276040b9e09dcbb91af4cc9fa3a6e11daa92
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