Title 14 — Domestic Relations and Persons
48 chapters · 709 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-00.1 Presumption of age
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1. In determining an individual's age for purposes of this chapter, the individual's date of birth as provided by any of the following is presumed to be the individual's legal date of birth: a. A state government in the form of a birth certificate, other state-issued identificati…
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-01 Minors defined
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Minors are persons under eighteen years of age. In this code, unless otherwise specified, the term "child" means "minor". Age 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 minorit…
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-02 Adults defined
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All persons eighteen years of age and over are adults.
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-03 Minor or person of unsound mind liable for wrongs
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A minor or a person of unsound mind of whatever degree is liable civilly for a wrong done by the minor or person of unsound mind in like manner as any other person.
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-04 Minor's rights of action
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A minor may enforce the minor's rights by civil action or other legal proceedings in the same manner as an adult, except that a guardian ad litem must be appointed to conduct the same.
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-05 Assignment of children prohibited - Penalty
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No person, other than the parents, may assume the permanent care and custody of a child, unless authorized so to do by an order or decree of a court having jurisdiction, except that a parent, upon giving written notice to the department of health and human services and human serv…
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-08 Person to whom child confided substituting other child - Penalty
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Every person to whom an infant has been confided for nursing, education, or any other purpose, who, with intent to deceive any parent or guardian of such child, substitutes or produces to such parent or guardian another child in the place of the one so confided, is guilty of a cl…
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-09 Minor's disability to delegate power and to contract relating to real property
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A minor cannot give a delegation of power. A person under the age of eighteen may not make a contract relating to real property or any interest therein or relating to any personal property not in that person's immediate possession or control.
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-10 Contracts of minor
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Unless otherwise provided by the laws of this state, a minor may make any contract other than contracts specified in section 14-10-09 in the same manner as an adult, subject only to the minor's power of disaffirmance.
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-11 Minor's contracts - Disaffirmation
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In all cases other than those specified in sections 14-10-12 and 14-10-13, the contract of a minor may be disaffirmed by the minor personally, either before the minor's majority or within one year's time afterwards, or in case of the minor's death within that period, by the minor…
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-12 Minor cannot disaffirm contracts for necessaries
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A minor cannot disaffirm a contract, otherwise valid, to pay the reasonable value of things necessary for the minor's support or that of the minor's family, if such contract is entered into by the minor when not under the care of a parent, guardian, or conservator able to provide…
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-13 Minor may not disaffirm statutory contracts
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A minor cannot disaffirm an obligation, otherwise valid, entered into by the minor under the express authority or direction of a statute.
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-14 Undertaking by minors for release on bail
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A minor is capable of entering a binding undertaking for the purpose of securing the minor's release on bail in the same manner and with the same effect as if the minor were an adult.
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-15 Unborn child - When deemed existing person
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A child conceived but not born is to be deemed an existing person so far as may be necessary for its interests in the event of its subsequent birth. 14-10-16. Identification cards - Application - Misrepresentation of age - Falsifying cards - Penalty. Repealed by S.L. 1977, ch. 34…
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-17.1 Minor's emergency care
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1. A minor may contract for and receive emergency examination, care, or treatment in a life-threatening situation without the consent of the minor's parent or guardian. If a minor has an emergency medical condition or the potential for an emergency medical condition, consent to e…
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-18 Blood donations by minors
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Repealed by S.L. 1983, ch. 82, § 154.
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-18.1 Blood donation - Minors
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An individual who is at least sixteen years of age may donate blood on a voluntary and noncompensatory basis without obtaining the consent of the individual's parent or guardian. Any notification of a medical condition must be mailed to the donor and the donor's parent or guardia…
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-19 Minor's consent for prenatal care and other pregnancy care services
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1. a. A physician or other health care provider may provide pregnancy testing and pain management related to pregnancy to a minor without the consent of a parent or guardian. b. A physician or other health care provider may provide prenatal care to a pregnant minor in the first t…
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-20 Unaccompanied homeless minor's consent for health care
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1. As used in this section, "unaccompanied homeless minor" means a minor fourteen years of age or older living in one of the situations described in 42 U.S.C. 11434a(2) and who is not in the care and physical custody of a parent or legal guardian. 2. An unaccompanied homeless min…