69-Year-Old Man Threatens Lawsuit Unless the Government Legally Lowers His Age by 20 Years

Everyone has heard the saying, “Age is but a number.” For 69-year-old Emile Ratelband, the saying rings true. So true, in fact, that Ratelband took it upon himself to petition the court to lower his legal age. Was Ratelband’s reasoning rational enough to convince the judges that his birth certificate should be legally changed?

An Unreasonable Claim

No case like this had ever been proposed, much less examined by the Dutch justice system before. Even though Ratelband was biologically 69, he fell back on several arguments, some far more outrageous than others, attesting to the fact that he felt 49 both mentally and physically.

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