08-31-2015, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by aka123
I have seen American kids buying stuff in American movies and doing jobs. Have I been misled?.
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A retail purchase is not a signed contract.
Is It Legal to Sign a Contract With a Minor? - Law and Daily Life
Void vs. Voidable Contract Lawyers | LegalMatch Law Library
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What Are Some Examples of Void and Voidable Contracts?
Void contracts are unenforceable by law. Even if one party breaches the agreement, you cannot recover anything because essentially there was no valid contract. Some examples of void contracts include:
Contracts involving an illegal subject matter such as gambling, prostitution, or committing a crime.
Contracts entered into by someone not mentally competent (mental illness or minors).
Contracts that require performing something impossible or depends on an impossible event happening.
Contracts that are against public policy because they are too unfair.
Contracts that restrain certain activities (right to choose who to marry, restraining legal proceedings, the right to work for a living, etc.).
Voidable contracts are valid agreements, but one or both of the parties to the contract can void the contract at any time. As a result, you may not be able to enforce a voidable contract:
Contracts entered into when one party was a minor. (The law often treats minors as though they do not have the capacity to enter a contract. As a result, a minor can walk away from a contract at any time.)
Contracts where one party was forced or tricked into entering it.
Contracts entered when one party was incapacitated (drunk, insane, delusional).
- See more at: Void vs. Voidable Contract Lawyers | LegalMatch Law Library
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18 USC §2257(i)(2) Whoever violates this section in an effort to conceal a substantive offense involving the causing, transporting, permitting or offering or seeking by notice or advertisement, a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of such conduct in violation of this title, or to conceal a substantive offense that involved trafficking in material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor, including receiving, transporting, advertising, or possessing material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor with intent to traffic, in violation of this title, shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years and fined in accordance with the provisions of this title, or both.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2257A
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This ain't Finland. This is the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted by every state in the union -- similar to an EU directive more or less. 18 USC §2257(i)(2) [as cited] is US Federal Criminal code. Don't try arguing this in any court in the USA -- you will get an extended vacation in an orange jumpsuit. |
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