North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973 § 143B-1244. Rights conferred; limitation

(a) Every person to whom this Part applies is hereby authorized and empowered, in his or her own name without order of court or the intervention of any guardian or trustee:

(b) Every person to whom this Part applies may execute such contracts as are hereby authorized in his own name without any order from any court, and without the intervention of a guardian or trustee, and no note, mortgage, conveyance, deed of trust, contract, or other instrument, conveyance or action within the purview of this Part shall be invalid, voidable or defective by reason of the fact that the person executing or performing the same was at the time a minor.

(c) In respect to any action at law or special proceeding in relation to any transaction within the purview of this Part, every minor person to whom this Part applies shall appear and plead in his or her own name and right without the intervention of any guardian or trustee, and every such minor person shall be considered a legal party to any such action at law or special proceeding in all respects as if such person had attained the age of 21 years. No such minor shall hereafter interpose the defense of lack of legal capacity by reason of age in connection with any transaction within the purview of this Part, nor disavow any such transaction upon coming of age.

(d) All such authority and power as are conferred by this Part are subject to all applicable provisions of the laws of the United States relating to veterans benefits.