Mr. Andresen verbally offered Ms. Carver a job as an GTF employee and a trailer home, which Ms. Carver verbally accepted. Ms. Carver agreed to have her rent for the trailer home deducted from her monthly paycheck. Ms. Carver signed this lease agreement, at the age of 17 with Mr. Andresen whom at the time of the agreement, was not unaware that Ms. Carver was 17. Ms. Carver and her dog, Drake moved into Mr. Andresen’s trailer home. After living there for multiple months Ms. Carver’s family lawyer and trustee sent notice to Mr. Andresen that Ms. Carver was disaffirming her lease agreement and wanted her rent money immediately returned. Ms. Carver than moved out of the trailer home, without cleaning the trailer home, leaving Mr. Carvers dog hair …show more content…
Carver legally required to pay for the rent, the replacement the carpet and the professional cleaning of the trailer home. Rules A legally binding contract requires four elements; agreement, consideration, capacity and legal object. An agreement, consists of an offer by one party to enter into a contract and an acceptance of the terms of the offer by the other party. A valid offer must be communicated to the offeree, have definite material terms and intend for the offer to be bound upon acceptance from the offeree. A valid acceptance by the offeree can result from a return promise by the offeree. (K 325) Consideration, what a person will receive in return for performing a contract obligation, is required in every contract. Depending on the type of contract, the consideration is either a promise from one party with the other party performing an act as their consideration to the promiser or both parties involved make a promise and their consideration to each other is a return promise. As mentioned prior, a valid contract requires a legal object, meaning that the agreements cannot violate either state or federal …show more content…
Usually, any contract entered into by a minor is violable until he or she reaches the age of 18. After repaying the other party in the contract the consideration, a minor may disaffirm the contract before the minor reaches the age of 18 or within a sensible time after the minor reaches 18. For children, the basic necessities of life, such as shelter, are legally required to be provided by the child’s parents. As a result of this legal duty, a minor may not disaffirm an otherwise valid contract, for things that are necessary for the minor’s survival if the minor does not live under the care of their