Practice question
A competent twenty-year-old enters an ordinary contract today. A party argues the obligation is necessarily only natural because an old Code provision called persons aged eighteen to twenty-one minors. No special incapacity applies. Which is correct?
- Everyone under twenty-one remains a minor for all contracts
- The old wording overrides RA6809
- Every adult contract is unenforceable
- The creditor may choose the age of majority
- RA6809 generally fixes majority at eighteen; the civil obligation must be assessed under current law
Legal references
- RA6809, Sections1-3, majority at eighteen and civil capacity: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6809_1989.html
- Civil Code, Articles 1209-1210,1223-1230,1238-1243,1266-1268 and1423-1430: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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