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Practice question: Minor or Incompetent Persons

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Absent a special contrary rule or incompetency, does a competent18-year-old require Rule14 Section10’s minor-specific additional service merely because the former majority age was21?
  1. No
  2. Yes, majority invariably remains21
  3. Yes, every unmarried adult remains a minor
  4. Only employment determines majority
  5. Only school graduation determines majority

Legal references

  • Current Rule14 Sections6–10 and20–21, AM19-10-20-SC: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
  • RA6809 Section1, majority at18 unless otherwise provided: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6809_1989.html

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