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Idaho Code § 32-101 (2026)

Minors defined. 

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Minors defined. 

Minors are:

1.  Males under eighteen (18) years of age.
2.  Females under eighteen (18) years of age.
3.  Provided, that any male or any female who has been married shall be competent to enter a contract, mortgage, deed of trust, bill of sale and conveyance, and sue or be sued thereon.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1963–2024 · leading case: Speer v. Quinlan, 525 P.2d 314 (Idaho 1974).
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Speer v. Quinlan, 525 P.2d 314 (Idaho 1974). · cites it 12× “233, amending I.C. § 32-101 (codified at I.C. § 32-101 (Supp.”
Harrigfeld v. Dist. Court of Seventh Jud. Dist. Ex Rel. Cnty. of Freemont, 511 P.2d 822 (Idaho 1973). · cites it 9× “They argue that as the former version of I.C. § 32-101 accorded females the benefits of adult sta *543 tus at age eighteen, the fourteenth amendment required that males be treated equally, and also be considered adults at eighteen.”
Nebeker v. Piper Aircraft Corp., 747 P.2d 18 (Idaho 1987). · cites it 4× “Only in 1972 did the legislature recognize that aged 20 males might marry and have issue, and amend the two statutes accordingly.”
State v. Bennett, 125 P.3d 522 (Idaho 2005). · cites it 4× “" This statute obviously applies to persons who are not minors because, as defined in I.C. § 32-101, males and females "under eighteen (18) years of age" are minors, while those 18 and older are adults.”
Stanger v. Stanger, 571 P.2d 1126 (Idaho 1977). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 32-101. 1 . “32-712. Community property and homestead — Disposition.”
State v. Bettwieser, 149 P.3d 857 (Idaho Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “Bettwieser’s arguments regarding the policies of state agencies, health insurance companies and rental car dealers, and the imposition of certain age requirements for the holding of government office, have no bearing on the legal definition of “minor.”
White v. White, 480 P.2d 872 (Idaho 1971). · cites it 4× “[5] I.C. § 32-101. [6] Newell v. Newell, 77 Idaho 355, 361 , 293 P.”
State, Dep't of Health & Welfare, Ex Rel. Washington v. Annen, 889 P.2d 720 (Idaho 1995). · cites it 2× “The State responded that (1) laches cannot be asserted against the State acting in the public interest, (2) Annen failed to establish prejudice to support a laches defense, and (3) laches is unavailable where the claim is not barred by the applicable statute of limitations.”
Embree v. Embree, 380 P.2d 216 (Idaho 1963). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff in effect urges thát once a decree has been entered providing for payment of child support until the child attains majority (as the original decree herein provides), such payments must continue in spite of any contingency until the child attains such age which, in the…”
Holly Galbraith v. Emily Fairbanks, 2024 WY 36 (Wyo. 2024). “See Idaho Code § 32-101 (defining the age of majority to be eighteen years of age).”
Aue v. Ericks, 523 P.2d 830 (Idaho 1974). · cites it 2× “As a result of the decision in the Harrigfeld case, the decedent, being 18 years of age, was no longer a minor on January 19, 1972, the date on which he became an insured under the group life insurance policy.”
Jones Livestock Feeding Co. v. Comm'r, 26 T.C.M. 306 (Tax Ct. 1967). “Under Section 32-101, Idaho Code , minors are defined as males under 21 years of age and females under 18 years of age.”
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