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Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS
PART 2 - CONTRACTS
TITLE 1 - NATURE OF A CONTRACT
CHAPTER 2 - Parties
Section 1557.
Universal Citation: CA Civ Code § 1557 (2017)
1557.
(a) The capacity of a minor to contract is governed by Division 11 (commencing with Section 6500) of the Family Code.
(b) The capacity of a person of unsound mind to contract is governed by Part 1 (commencing with Section 38) of Division 1.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 163, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 161 of Ch. 163.)
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