A contractor signs a contract to build an addition, but the person who signed on behalf of the property owner is a 16-year-old minor. What is the likely legal status of the contract?

Giải thích

Minors generally lack the legal capacity to be bound by contracts, so a contract signed by a minor is voidable at the minor's option, not automatically void. The minor may disaffirm the contract, but an adult party is generally bound if the minor chooses to enforce it. Capacity, not the writing requirement, is the issue here, and voidable is different from void: a void contract has no legal effect at all, while a voidable one remains valid unless the protected party rescinds it.