Commentary for Yevamot 221:2

וכי תימא קטנה אמאי תמתין עד שתגדיל ותחלוץ תיתיב גביה אי קנויה היא הא קנויה היא אי לאו קנויה היא נוכריתא בעלמא היא אם כן חרשת במה תיפוק

then she is a mere stranger.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the minor, halizah with whom does not concern her at all. Consequently it must be inferred that it is the deaf wife who is partially acquired, and that the doubt as to complete acquisition or none exists in the case of the minor. ');">⁵</span> And should you argue, 'why should the minor wait until she grows up and then performs <i>halizah</i>? Let her<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Once the levir married her. ');">⁶</span> continue to live with him [for the same reason<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Given in the case of the deaf woman. ');">⁷</span> that] if she is [properly] acquired<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the legal wife of her husband. ');">⁴</span>

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