• Current through October 23, 2012

An action may not be maintained to charge a person upon an acknowledgment of, or promise to pay, a debt contracted during infancy, made after full age, except for necessaries, unless the acknowledgement or promise is in writing signed by the party to be charged therewith. This section does not affect ratification by conduct.

(Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 677, Pub. L. 88-509, § 1.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 28-3505.

1973 Ed., § 28-3505.