| 词条 | California Child Actor's Bill |
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| State = California | Full_name= California Child Actor's Bill
The California Child Actor's Bill (also known as Coogan Act or Coogan Bill) is a law applicable to child performers, designed to safeguard a portion of their earnings for when they enter adulthood. The original Bill was passed in 1939 by the State of California in response to the plight of {{nowrap|Jackie Coogan,}} who earned millions of dollars as a successful child actor only to discover, upon reaching adulthood, that his mother and stepfather had spent almost all of his money. Since then, it has been revised a few times, most recently on January 1, 2004.[1] As it stands, money earned and accumulated under a contract under the code remains the sole legal property of the minor child.[2] The current version of the law is codified in sections 6750–53 of the California Family Code and section 1700.37 of the California Labor Code. The law provides that any of the parties may petition a court to approve an entertainment contract, and if the court does so, somewhat different rules apply. Most importantly, the child cannot escape their own responsibilities under the contract by disaffirming it, which a child normally has the power to do. Later revisions extended the scope of minors' entertainment contracts that the court can approve to include contracts pursuant to which a minor renders services as an "actor, actress, dancer, musician, comedian, singer, or other performer or entertainer, or as a writer, director, producer, production executive, choreographer, composer, conductor, or designer." Under the current law, the court may also approve contracts that involve the transfer of intellectual property.[3] This law requires a child actor's employer to set aside 15% of the earnings in a trust (often called a Coogan Account), and codifies issues such as schooling, work hours and time off.[4] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Children in Film Newsletter |url=http://www.childreninfilm.com/cif_newsletter/seven.html |date= |accessdate=2006-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515214913/http://www.childreninfilm.com/cif_newsletter/seven.html |archivedate=May 15, 2006 }} 2. ^California Family Code, Section 771 (b) 3. ^Thom Hardin, "The Regulation of Minors' Entertainment Contracts: Effective California Law or Hollywood Grandeur?" 1998. La Verne Law Review, Inc. 4. ^{{Cite web| title=Coogan Law| url=https://www.sagaftra.org/membership-benefits/young-performers/coogan-law| publisher=SAG-AFTRA| accessdate=2019-02-17}} External links
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