Helen makes a contract with Yvette to provide babysitting services for on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday per week for 15 weeks. The price of these services is $450, payable in weekly installments of $30. After three weeks, Yvette asks Helen if she can babysit on Friday instead of Thursday, and Helen agrees for an additional fee of $10 per week, bringing the total fee to $600. Is this a valid

modification?

A) Yes, because the parties are free to make whatever changes they want to their contract.
B) No, because the modified contract would have to be in writing under the Statute of Frauds.
C) Yes, because the additional fee is sufficient consideration for the modification.
D) No, because contacts can never be modified orally.


B

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