1, 8-year-old is a very important age node in the civil code, and it is the dividing point between incapacity and limited capacity for civil conduct.

2. All civil legal acts committed by minors under the age of 8 are invalid, even if they accept gifts.

3. The limit of national capacity for civil conduct is 8 years old.

Children over 4.8 years old have a certain sense of autonomy and cognitive ability, and the determination of custody is closely related to their rights and interests. We should respect their true wishes, which is more conducive to the healthy growth of minors.

Punishment for juvenile delinquency:

Minors under the age of 12 commit crimes, and need not bear criminal responsibility or be punished by punishment; If a person who has reached the age of 12 and is under the age of 14 commits the crime of intentional homicide or intentional injury, and causes death or serious disability by particularly cruel means, if the circumstances are bad, he shall be punished according to the crime he constitutes.

Legal basis:

People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Code

Article 17

/kloc-Natural persons over 0/8 years old are adults. A natural person under the age of eighteen is a minor.

Article 18

Adults are people with full capacity for civil conduct and can independently carry out civil legal acts. /kloc-Minors over 0/6 years old whose main source of livelihood is their own labor income are regarded as persons with full capacity for civil conduct.

Article 19

Minors over the age of eight are persons with limited capacity for civil conduct, and the implementation of civil legal acts is represented by their legal representatives or recognized and ratified by their legal representatives; However, civil legal acts that are purely beneficial or suitable for their age and intelligence can be implemented independently.