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No. The minimum age for owning property in California is 18 because that is the legal age that you can execute a contract with another party. A minor child can be entitled to the ownership of property if the property is vested in a Trust with the child being the beneficiary of the trust.
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∙ 8y agoCalifornia Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (CUTMA) Under California law, a minor may own real property or an interest therein (Estate of Yano (1922) 188 Cal. 645, 649), but a minor may not convey or make contracts relating to real property. (Fam. Code, § 6701, subd. (b).) Therefore, a minor cannot sell or purchase property held directly in his or her own name, and, as a practical matter, transactions involving minor’s interests in real property are usually conducted indirectly, through a guardianship or trust. The California Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (Prob. Code § 3900 et seq.) (CUTMA) provides a statutory mechanism for transferring property to an adult “custodian” for the benefit of a minor.5
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{| |- | No, they are not. Until they reach the age of 18 they are the responsibility of their parents. They cannot sign contracts and cannot own property. An employer is legally required to turn over any money the minor earns to the parents if the parents so request. |}
