Short answer. Generally no. Article 1427 says that when a minor between eighteen and twenty-one who contracted without the parent's or guardian's consent voluntarily pays money or delivers a fungible thing, there is no right to recover it from an obligee who has spent or consumed it in good faith.
What the law says
voluntarily pays a sum of money or delivers a fungible thing in fulfillment of the obligation, there shall be no right to recover the same from the obligee who has spent or consumed it in good faith
Civil Code, Article 1427 — Payment by a Minor 18-21. Read the full provision →
Why the payment sticks
Article 1427 treats this kind of debt as a natural obligation — something the law will not force you to pay, but which it respects once you pay it freely. The article is written from the side of the obligee who received your money. It provides that where the young person voluntarily pays a sum of money or delivers a fungible thing in fulfillment of the obligation, there shall be no right to recover the same from the obligee who has spent or consumed it in good faith. In plain terms, your voluntary payment is not treated as a mistake you can undo. Having chosen to perform, you cannot turn around and demand a refund.
The conditions the rule requires
Several things must line up before the rule bites. First, you must have been a minor between eighteen and twenty-one when you entered the contract, and you must have done so without the consent of the parent or guardian. Second, the payment must be voluntary — made freely, not squeezed out of you by force, threats or deceit. Third, what you handed over must be money or a fungible thing (goods measured by number, weight or measure, like rice or fuel). Fourth, the obligee must have spent or consumed it in good faith. Take away any one of these and the bar to recovery may not apply.
What this rule does not cover
The article does not validate the original contract; it only refuses you a refund of what you already paid. It does not reach a payment that was not voluntary, so if you were coerced or misled into paying, the reason you cannot recover disappears. It also does not protect an obligee who still holds the exact thing and has not spent or consumed it, nor one who acted in bad faith. And because it speaks of money and fungible things, it does not automatically govern the delivery of a specific, identified object. Outside these limits, the ordinary rules on capacity and unenforceable contracts continue to apply.
Who is bound
The person bound is the young obligor who decided to pay despite not being compelled. The law reads that decision as a settled recognition of the debt, not as an accident. This is why the choice to pay matters so much: before paying, a contract entered without the required consent could often be resisted, but a completed voluntary payment closes that door as against a good-faith obligee. If you are unsure whether your payment was truly voluntary, or whether the obligee received it in good faith, those are fact questions worth reviewing carefully before assuming the money is simply gone.