Utah Code

Utah Code § 15-2-3 (2026)

Limitation on right to disaffirm

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No contract can be thus disaffirmed in cases where, on account of the minor's own misrepresentations as to the minor's majority or from the minor having engaged in business as adult, the other party had good reason to believe the minor capable of contracting.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1976–1980 · leading case: Stanton v. Stanton, 552 P.2d 112 (Utah 1976).

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Stanton v. Stanton, 552 P.2d 112 (Utah 1976). · cites it 2× “The records of the marriage department in Salt Lake County show that 62 per cent of all women who get married do so between the ages of 14 and 21, while only 25 per cent of the men who marry are under 21 years of age.”

Est. of Nancy E. Rosenblatt, Deceased, Joseph Rosenblatt, Tr. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue, 633 F.2d 176 (10th Cir. 1980). · cites it 2× “Insofar as some contracts of minors are not subject to disaffirmance, Utah Code Ann. § 15-2-3 (1953), so would some exercises of a general power by a minor be valid.”

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