minor child
Youth under guardianship
A minor child is a person below the age of legal adulthood, typically under eighteen.
The phrase appears most often in legal contexts—custody agreements, estate planning, insurance policies—where precision matters: The trust provides for any minor children of the deceased.
In everyday speech, simply "child" or "minor" suffices.
- subteenYouth under thirteen
- infantVery young child
- newbornInfant just delivered
- little oneYoung child, fondly
- adolescentPerson in puberty
custody battle · juvenile · teenager · foster care · ward · parental rights · parental consent · legal guardian · youngster · youth · emancipation · family mediation · shared custody · sole custody · best interests · offspring · toddler · family court
- Parent-Childmother-daughter, mother-son, father-daughter, father-son, single parent
- legal capacitylegal capacity, mental capacity, capacity, incapacity, competence
- young onesbaby, infant, toddler, kid, newborn
- family lawalimony, family court, divorce petitions, divorce law, divorce papers
- beneficiariesbeneficiary, sole heir, legatee, devisee, annuitant
- child custodycustody order, shared custody, sole custody, joint custody, legal custody
minor childadult
Mature person, legally responsible
major · grown-up · mature adult · emancipated minor · elder
minor, child, minors, children, minority, minorities, minoring, minored, childish