Legal Question in Consumer Law in Massachusetts
my 17 yr old purchased a vehicle
the vehicle was unsafe and broke down before he could even get it home, he was lucky he wasnt killed while driving it, the police towed it, who is responsible for the vehicle now? isnt a contract null and void made with a minor in mass??
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Re: my 17 yr old purchased a vehicle
Minors cannot enter into contracts, so a contract with a minor is not enforceable against him. It is not so much "null and void" as voidable. Either way, your son can back out of the deal and insist on getting his money back. I'm not sure this will get him out of responsibility for the police tow charge, though, since it was still he who left the car where it had to be towed, and the car was "his" at the time. The fact taht the car was not in very good condition may give him some bargaining leverage with the seller over responsibility for towing charges, etc.
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