All persons are capable of contracting, except minors, persons of unsound mind, and persons deprived of civil rights.
Chapter 2 - Parties
California Civil Code — §§ 1556-1559
Sections (4)
Repealed and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 163, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1993. Operative January 1, 1994, by Sec. 161 of Ch. 163.
(a)The capacity of a minor to contract is governed by Division 11 (commencing with Section 6500) of the Family Code.
(b)The capacity of a person of unsound mind to contract is governed by Part 1 (commencing with Section 38) of Division 1.
It is essential to the validity of a contract, not only that the parties should exist, but that it should be possible to identify them.
A contract, made expressly for the benefit of a third person, may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto rescind it.