"It's just mind-boggling that law-makers back then actually referred to 
anyone under the age of 21 as "Infants".

Sarge, et al,

"Back then" is not so very long ago. When my father's sister died in 
1961 and left a small bequest to my father, who had predeceased her, his 
five children received equal shares of his inheritance. I had graduated 
high school and would turn 19 later that year, but was referred to in 
the court papers as an "infant". But what really fried me was two years 
later when I was two months shy of 21 years, had been working for two 
years, and had to get my mother to sign for me before I could buy my 
first car ...  the law still considering me an infant for whom Mother 
was financially responsible! Man! Was I ticked!

I must confess, however, that from my current vantage point, it seems 
far more logical than having 18-year-olds buying cars and alcoholic 
beverages and voting for politicians who take our lives and fortunes 
into their hands daily. Perspectives do change with experience.

-- 
Carolyn HALE BRUCE
Virginia Beach, VA

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