Cant add other business owner under 18

Topic summary

A user is encountering an issue while setting up Shopify Payments for their LLC. The platform requires listing all equity owners, but one owner holds 50% equity and is under 18 years old, which the system does not allow.

Key Problem:

  • Shopify Payments mandates adding all LLC members
  • The system blocks adding owners under 18
  • The minor owns a significant 50% stake

Current Status:
The user is seeking workarounds or solutions to complete the Shopify Payments setup while complying with the requirement to list all equity owners. No responses or solutions have been provided yet in this discussion.

Summarized with AI on November 2. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.

Im attempting to setup shopify payments but when adding the equity owners I’m unable to add the other 50% owner of my LLC due to them being under 18. But it says it requires all the members to be listed. Is there any way to get around this?