Article 1407
ELI5— what this means for you
If both parties to a contract lacked legal capacity to consent, a parent or guardian ratifying on behalf of just one of them makes the contract valid as if only that one party had been incapacitated — and if both sides' parents or guardians ratify, the contract is valid from the very start.
Official text — RA 386
In a contract where both parties are incapable of giving consent, express or implied ratification by the parent, or guardian, as the case may be, of one of the contracting parties shall give the contract the same effect as if only one of them were incapacitated.
If ratification is made by the parents or guardians, as the case may be, of both contracting parties, the contract shall be validated from the inception.
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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