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2017 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 52 - Workers' Compensation
Article 3 - Occupational Disease Disablement
Section 52-3-38 - Minor deemed sui juris.
Universal Citation: NM Stat § 52-3-38 (2017)
52-3-38. Minor deemed sui juris.
A minor working at an age and at an occupation legally permitted shall be deemed of the age of majority for the purpose of the New Mexico Occupational Disease Disablement Law, and no other person shall have any cause of action or right to compensation for disablement of the minor worker, but in the event of the approval of an agreement for lump sum settlement of compensation to the minor, the sum shall be paid only to the legally appointed guardian of the minor.
History: 1941 Comp., 57-1125, enacted by Laws 1945, ch. 135, 25; 1953 Comp., 59-11-26; Laws 1989, ch. 263, 60.
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