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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) General rule.--Any minor, who is at least 17 years of age, and who is eligible for guaranty or insurance of a loan pursuant to the act of Congress known as the “Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944,” 1 as amended and supplemented, is hereby authorized and empowered, notwithstanding such minority, to enter into any contract in this Commonwealth, for any loan, or loans guaranteed by the United States, or any agency thereof, in accordance with the provisions of said act of Congress, as amended and supplemented, and the rules and regulations promulgated from time to time pursuant thereto; or any agency of the Commonwealth hereafter created; and such minor is also authorized and empowered to execute, and acknowledge, all documents, deeds, mortgages, and other or similar papers, necessary and incident to such contracts.
(b) Joinder by minor spouse.--The minor spouse of any person who is eligible for guaranty or insurance of a loan pursuant to said act of Congress, whether or not such person is a minor and regardless of the age of the spouse, is hereby authorized and empowered, notwithstanding such minority, to join in the execution of any such contract.
(c) Minority no basis for avoidance or defense.--In the event a person who is eligible for guaranty or insurance of a loan pursuant to said act of Congress, and who is a minor or whose spouse is a minor, or both, obtains such a loan, or loans, neither of them, despite any law or decision of any court to the contrary, shall be permitted to avoid the contract of such loan or loans because of the age of either of them, nor shall either of them be permitted to interpose the defense that either of them is a minor in any action or actions based upon such contract, or contracts, or arising out of any loan or loans authorized herein.
(d) Liability of parent or representative.--The parent or parents, or guardian or guardians, or trustee or trustees of any minor shall not be liable in any way whatsoever because of or on account of such contract or contracts, or loan or loans, which may be entered into or joined in by such minor pursuant hereto, unless expressly a party thereto.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 51 Pa.C.S.A. Military Affairs § 7310. Contract by minors for servicemen's readjustment loans - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-51-pacsa-military-affairs/pa-csa-sect-51-7310/
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