Can a 14 year old enter into a legally binding contract to rent real estate??
No. Kids cannot contract. Owner had some duty to vet renter.
No.
And since juveniles are no longer held responsible for anything - they are trying to put the parents on the $$$ hook instead, it would appear.
It won’t work. Someone steals my credit account information does not make me liable. Or up to $50 (maybe). Too bad so sad.
Nobody should rent property in such a way that this could happen. They learned a harsh lesson.
Can a 14 year old enter into a legally binding contract to rent real estate??Not in this country absent a long involved process called "emancipation" which requires convincing a judge that the 14 year-old is astronomically competent while the parents are awful. Plus that it be in the 14 year-old's best interests, which is really difficult at 14. It happens much more frequently at ages 16-17.
Here the renter has serious legal liability problems for negligence, particularly if anyone is injured or killed