Title 19 — Personal Relations
27 chapters · 510 sections in this title.
19 GCA § 1101 Minors, Who Are
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Minors are all persons under eighteen (18) years of age. SOURCE: CC § 25, amended by P.L. 11-144 (June 23, 1972), repealed and reenacted by P.L. 14-092:5 (Dec. 31, 1977).
19 GCA § 1102 Minority, How Calculated
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The periods specified in the preceding section must be calculated from the first minute of the day on which persons are born to the same minute of the corresponding day completing the period of minority. SOURCE: CC § 26.
19 GCA § 1103 Adults, Who Are
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All other persons are adults. SOURCE: CC § 27.
19 GCA § 1104 Unborn Child
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A child conceived, but not yet born, is to be deemed an existing person, so far as may be necessary for its interests in the event of its subsequent birth. SOURCE: CC § 29.
19 GCA § 1105 Custody of Minors
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The custody of minors and persons of unsound mind is regulated by this Title and the provisions of law contained in the Probate Code (15 GCA). COL 2025-12-23 SOURCE: CC § 32. 2025 NOTE: The prior Compiler replaced the reference to “Part III of this Division” with “this Title” and…
19 GCA § 1106 Minors Cannot Delegate
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A minor cannot give a delegation of power, nor make a contract relating to real property, or any interest therein, or relating to any personal property, not in his immediate possession or control. SOURCE: CC § 33 amended by P.L. 11-144 (June 23, 1972).
19 GCA § 1107 Minors’ Contracts; Disaffirmed
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A minor may make any other contract than as above specified, in the same manner as an adult, subject only to his power of disaffirmance under the provisions of this Chapter, and subject to the provisions of the Chapters on marriage, and on master and servant. SOURCE: CC § 34.
19 GCA § 1108 Minor’s Time, Disaffirmance
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In all cases other than those specified in §§ 1109, 1110 and 1111 the contract of a minor if made while he is under the age of 18 may be disaffirmed by the minor himself, either before his majority or within a reasonable time afterwards, or, in the case of his death within that p…
19 GCA § 1109 Minors Liable for Necessaries; Services, When
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A minor cannot disaffirm an otherwise valid contract to pay the reasonable value of things necessary for his support, or that of his family, entered into by him when not under the care of a parent or guardian able to provide for him or them; provided that such things have been ac…
19 GCA § 1110 Certain Obligations
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A minor cannot disaffirm an obligation, otherwise valid, entered into by him under the express authority or direction of a law. SOURCE: CC § 37.
19 GCA § 1111 Legal Capacity of Minor Regarding Medical Care
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(a) Definitions. For the purpose of this Chapter, the following terms shall be defined as follows: (1) “Minor” shall be any person under the age of eighteen (18). (2) “Parent” means the natural and the legal parent and any guardian, custodian or step-parent acting in loco parenti…
19 GCA § 1112 Contracts by Person Without Understanding
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A person entirely without understanding has no power to make a contract of any kind, but he is liable for the reasonable value of things furnished to him necessary for his support or the support of his family. SOURCE: CC § 38.
19 GCA § 1113 By Persons of Unsound Mind
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A conveyance or other contract of a person of unsound mind, but not entirely without understanding, made before his incapacity has been judicially determined, is subject to rescission, as provided in the Chapter on rescission in the Civil Code. SOURCE: CC § 39. COL 2025-12-23
19 GCA § 1114 Powers of Persons Whose Incapacity Has Been Adjudged
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After his incapacity has been judicially determined, a person of unsound mind can make no conveyance or other contract, nor delegate any power or waive any right, until his restoration to capacity. But a certificate from the medical superintendent or resident physician of the ins…
19 GCA § 1115 Minors Liable for Wrongs, but Not for Exemplary Damages
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A minor or person of unsound mind, of whatever degree, is civilly liable for a wrong done by him, but is not liable in exemplary damages unless at the time of the act he was capable of knowing that it was wrongful. SOURCE: CC § 41.
19 GCA § 1116 Minors May Sue
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b), a minor may enforce his rights by civil action or other legal proceeding, in the same manner as an adult, except that a guardian must bring the same, provided that the plaintiff must first exhaust the administrative process mand…