Walk It Through: The Teenager
A first job, a broken window, the eighteenth birthday, and a contract.
A teenager under sixteen gets a summer job at a drive-in, and the manager wants a closing shift late at night.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One teenager's year. Work permits, hazardous jobs, a minor's own lawsuit, emancipation and juvenile court are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Economic lossThe value of property taken, destroyed or harmed, lost wages, and out-of-pocket costs such as medical expenses, which may be recovered up to $2,500 from the parents of a minor who willfully caused it.
- MinorA person under eighteen years of age. A minor who has been married may enter contracts and sue on them.
- Wrongful deathA death caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another, for which the heirs or the personal representative may sue within two years.
- Trust deedThe security instrument on most Idaho homes, which a trustee may foreclose by a sale outside court after recording a notice of default and mailing notice of the sale at least 120 days ahead.