minors

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You can also set up custodial accounts, opened under the Uniform Transfer to Minors Act or the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

The Vatican subsequently appeared to take a more prominent role, with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors meeting Spanish victims and urging the country's Catholic leaders to bolster and facilitate reparations.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

Minors who inherit retirement funds don’t have to take the first distribution until they turn 21, but then the accounts must be emptied within 10 years.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2024

Francis’ Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, which had flagged the Rupnik case as problematic, also welcomed the announced trial as crucial “not only for the victims but for the whole church.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2023

In 1872, Virginia Minor tried to register to vote in St. Louis, Missouri, and when Reese Happersett, a registrar there, refused to allow it, the Minors sued him.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling