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Utah Code § 15-2-2 (2026)

Liability for necessaries and on contracts -- Disaffirmance

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A minor is bound not only for reasonable value of necessaries but also by the minor's contracts, unless the minor disaffirms them before or within a reasonable time after the minor attains majority and restores to the other party all money or property received by the minor by virtue of said contracts and remaining within the minor's control at any time after attaining majority.

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Cited in 5 cases, 1980–2010 · leading case: Brown v. Sandy City Bd. of Adjustment, 957 P.2d 207 (Utah Ct. App. 1998).
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Brown v. Sandy City Bd. of Adjustment, 957 P.2d 207 (Utah Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 4× “§ 15-2-2. The Code also defines a family as "[a]n individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, or a group not to exceed four unrelated persons living together as a single housekeeping unit.”
Est. of Nancy E. Rosenblatt, Deceased, Joseph Rosenblatt, Tr. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue, 633 F.2d 176 (10th Cir. 1980). “It is also clear that, under Utah law, a minor may disaf-firm her contracts, Utah Code Ann. § 15-2-2 (1953), with some limitations.”
State Ex Rel. R.A., 231 P.3d 808 (Utah Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “While a seventeen year old cannot enter into an enforceable contract to make even an insubstantial purchase, see Utah Code Ann. § 15-2-2 (2009) (stating the legal capacity and liability of minors to enter contracts), that same juvenile is presumed competent to waive his…”
Swalberg v. Hannegan, 883 P.2d 931 (Utah Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 10× “Plaintiff argued that when defendant disaffirmed the contract, defendant did not properly “restore” the truck under Utah Code Ann. § 15-2-2 (1986) since he purchased it for $2,500 and returned it in a condition worth only $700.”
State Ex Rel. Ra, 2010 UT App 71 (Utah Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “While a seventeen year old cannot enter into an enforceable contract to make even an insubstantial purchase, see Utah Code Ann. § 15-2-2 (2009) (stating the legal capacity and liability of minors to enter contracts), that same juvenile is presumed competent to waive his…”
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