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3 Court confirmation of minor's contracts

Current to 2022-11-16 · Official PDF

(1) The Court may, on application, if in the Court's opinion it is
in a minor's best interest to do so, confirm any contract
(a) the minor has entered into or proposes to enter into, or
(b) the minor's guardian has entered into or proposes to enter
into on behalf of the minor.
(2) If the Court confirms a contract, the Court may
(a) determine the person to w hom a person obligated to a minor
under the contract may deliver the relevant property to
discharge the obligation, and
(b) give any other direction relating to the contract that the
Court considers to be in the minor's best interest.
(3) A person obligated to a minor under a contract that has been
confirmed by the Court may discharge the obligation only by
delivering the relevant property
(a) to the person determined under subsection (2)(a), or
(b) if no person has been determined under subsection (2)(a), to

(i) a trustee appointed by the Court under section 10 who is
authorized by the appointment to receive the property, or
(ii) the Public Trustee.
(4) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a contract confirmed by the
Court under this section has the same effect that it would have if
the minor had entered into the contract as an adult.
(5) This section does not
(a) apply to a settlement to which section 4 applies, or
(b) diminish the effect that an y contract made by or on behalf of
a minor has apart from this section.