[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1400.106]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1400_PAYMENT LIMITATION AND PAYMENT ELIGIBILITY--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Person Determinations
 
Sec. 1400.106  Minor children.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a minor, 
including a minor who is the beneficiary of a trust or who is an heir of 
an estate, and the parent or any court-appointed person such as a 
guardian or conservator who is responsible for the minor shall be 
considered to be one person.
    (b) A minor may be considered to be a separate person from the 
minor's parent or any court appointed person such as a guardian or 
conservator who is responsible for the minor, if the minor is

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a producer on a farm and the minor's parent or any court appointed 
person such as guardian or conservator who is responsible for the minor 
does not have any interest in the farm on which the minor is a producer 
or in any production from such farm. In addition the minor must:
    (1) Have established and maintain a separate household from the 
minor's parents or any court-appointed person such as a guardian or 
conservator who is responsible for the minor and such minor personally 
carries out the farming activities with respect to the minor's farming 
operation for which there is a separate accounting; or
    (2) Not live in the same household as such minor's parent and:
    (i) Be represented by a court-appointed guardian or conservator who 
is responsible for the minor; and
    (ii) Have ownership of the farm vested in the minor.
    (c) A person shall be considered to be a minor until the age 18 is 
reached. Court proceedings conferring majority on a person under 18 
years of age will not change such person's status as a minor.