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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-33/283/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 33 - Rights and Duties Between Married Persons (§§ 281 — 287)›§ 283 - Duties of spouses—Domicile | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 33 - Rights and Duties Between Married Persons (§§ 281 — 287) › § 283 - Duties of spouses—Domicile | The spouses shall decide by mutual agreement where to establish their domicile and residence for the attainment of the best interest of the family.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 90; June 2, 1976, No. 111, p. 311. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-33/284/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 33 - Rights and Duties Between Married Persons (§§ 281 — 287)›§ 284 - Administrator of community property; alienation... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 33 - Rights and Duties Between Married Persons (§§ 281 — 287) › § 284 - Administrator of community property; alienation of property | Both spouses shall be administrators of the community property, except when otherwise stipulated, in which case one of the spouses shall grant a mandate to the other to act as administrator of the community property.
Purchases made by either of the spouses out of said property shall be valid when they comprise things o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-33/285/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 33 - Rights and Duties Between Married Persons (§§ 281 — 287)›§ 285 - Separate estates | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 33 - Rights and Duties Between Married Persons (§§ 281 — 287) › § 285 - Separate estates | The husband and wife shall have the right to manage and freely dispose of their respective separate estates.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 92. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-33/286/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 33 - Rights and Duties Between Married Persons (§§ 281 — 287)›§ 286 - Representative of conjugal community | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 33 - Rights and Duties Between Married Persons (§§ 281 — 287) › § 286 - Representative of conjugal community | Save as provided in § 284 of this title, either of the spouses may legally represent the conjugal community. Any unilateral administration act of one of the spouses shall bind the community property and shall be presumed valid to all legal effects.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 93; May 21, 1976, No. 51, p. 134, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iii/chapter-35/301/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301)›Chapter 35 - Dissolution of Marriage (§ 301)›§ 301 - How dissolution effected | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART III - Marriage (§§ 221 — 301) › Chapter 35 - Dissolution of Marriage (§ 301) › § 301 - How dissolution effected | Marriage is dissolved in the following cases:
(1) By the death of the husband or wife.
(2) By divorce legally obtained.
(3) If the marriage be declared null.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 95. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-39/321/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 39 - Causes for Divorce (§ 321)›§ 321 - Causes for divorce | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 39 - Causes for Divorce (§ 321) › § 321 - Causes for divorce | The causes for divorce are:
(1) Adultery on the part of either of the parties to the marriage.
(2) Punishment by imprisonment of one of the spouses for a felony, except when said spouse receives the benefit of a suspended sentence.
(3) Habitual drunkenness or the continued and excessive use of opium, morphine, or any o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-41/331/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 41 - Procedure in Action for Divorce (§ 331)›§ 331 - Procedure | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 41 - Procedure in Action for Divorce (§ 331) › § 331 - Procedure | A divorce can be granted only in an action instituted in the ordinary manner, and by judgment rendered therein by the Court of First Instance. In no case shall a divorce be granted on any of the grounds provided in subsections (1) through (10) of § 321 of this title, when the grounds upon which it is sought is the cons... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-43/341/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345)›§ 341 - Temporary custody of ch... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345) › § 341 - Temporary custody of children | If there are children procreated in the marriage whose temporary custody is claimed by both spouses, the court shall summon the parties to the divorce suit under penalty of contempt, for an urgent hearing, and shall hear such testimonial and documentary evidence they may present. When evaluating the case, the court sha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-43/342/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345)›§ 342 - Residence | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345) › § 342 - Residence | If the spouse suing for divorce has left, or has declared his or her intention of leaving, the conjugal domicile, the Court of First Instance shall designate a dwelling to reside in until termination of the trial.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 99; May 30, 1976, No. 84, p. 260, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-43/343/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345)›§ 343 - Payment of alimony | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345) › § 343 - Payment of alimony | Should one of the spouses lack sufficient means to support him or herself during the divorce proceedings, the Court of First Instance shall order the other spouse to provide alimony in proportion to his or her means according to the social position of the family, or in those cases whereby the conjugal partnership lacks... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-43/343a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345)›§ 343a - Suspension or modifica... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345) › § 343a - Suspension or modification without just cause of health care plans; ... | It is hereby prohibited for any person who is undergoing a divorce process to suspend or modify, without just cause, health care plans or insurance for the children born during marriage and his/her spouse, if these plans had existed and were in effect during the marriage. Said prohibition shall take effect as of the ti... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-43/344/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345)›§ 344 - Debts contracted after ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345) › § 344 - Debts contracted after complaint is brought | From the day the proceeding of dissolution begins no debt contracted or transaction made by either of the spouses, chargeable to the community property, shall be valid without authorization of the Court.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 101; May 30, 1976, No. 84, p. 260, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-43/345/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345)›§ 345 - Decisions not appealabl... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 43 - Provisional Measures to Which a Suit for Divorce May Give Occasion (§§ 341 — 345) › § 345 - Decisions not appealable; amendment | No appeal shall lie from the decisions of the Court of First Instance under §§ 341-345 of this title, and they shall be amended by the said court when the circumstances of the case require it.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 102. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-45/361/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 45 - Extinction of the Action for Divorce (§§ 361 — 362)›§ 361 - Reconciliation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 45 - Extinction of the Action for Divorce (§§ 361 — 362) › § 361 - Reconciliation | An action for divorce shall be lost upon the reconciliation of the parties, whether said reconciliation occurs after the act which might have been the cause for the divorce, or after the action has been brought.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 103. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-45/362/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 45 - Extinction of the Action for Divorce (§§ 361 — 362)›§ 362 - Rights of plaintiff in new suit | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 45 - Extinction of the Action for Divorce (§§ 361 — 362) › § 362 - Rights of plaintiff in new suit | In case of reconciliation the plaintiff cannot continue exercising the rights which he may have, but is at liberty to file a new suit for causes that have occurred after the reconciliation, and in such case may allege the former causes to corroborate the new action.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 104. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-47/381/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 47 - Effects of Divorce (§§ 381 — 385a)›§ 381 - Dissolution of marriage and division of property | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 47 - Effects of Divorce (§§ 381 — 385a) › § 381 - Dissolution of marriage and division of property | A divorce carries with it a complete dissolution of all matrimonial ties, and the division of all property and effects between the parties to the marriage.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 105. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-47/383/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 47 - Effects of Divorce (§§ 381 — 385a)›§ 383 - Care of minor children after divorce | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 47 - Effects of Divorce (§§ 381 — 385a) › § 383 - Care of minor children after divorce | In all cases of divorce the minor children shall be placed under the care and patria potestas of the spouse whom the court, in the exercise of its sound discretion, considers best fitted to serve the best interest and welfare of the minor; but the other spouse shall have the right to continue family relations with his ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-47/384/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 47 - Effects of Divorce (§§ 381 — 385a)›§ 384 - Rights of children | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 47 - Effects of Divorce (§§ 381 — 385a) › § 384 - Rights of children | The divorce of the parents will not deprive the children born during the marriage of the rights and privileges which, according to law, belong to them, by reason of the marriage of their parents; but such rights shall not be claimed except in the form and under the circumstances in which such claims would have been mad... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-47/385/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 47 - Effects of Divorce (§§ 381 — 385a)›§ 385 - Alimony | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 47 - Effects of Divorce (§§ 381 — 385a) › § 385 - Alimony | If any of the spouses does not have sufficient means for subsistence once the divorce is decreed on any of the grounds established in § 321 of this title, the Court of First Instance may assign alimony, [at] its discretion, from the income, earnings, salary or property of the other spouse.
The court may grant said alim... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-iv/chapter-47/385a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a)›Chapter 47 - Effects of Divorce (§§ 381 — 385a)›§ 385a - Possession of home by custodial parent after divorce | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IV - Divorce (§§ 321 — 385a) › Chapter 47 - Effects of Divorce (§§ 381 — 385a) › § 385a - Possession of home by custodial parent after divorce | (a) The spouse to whom custody is granted as a result of a divorce of the minor children of the married couple, or the physically or mentally disabled children, whether of legal age or minors or who are dependents as students until the age of twenty-five (25), shall have the right to claim the dwelling which constitute... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-v/chapter-51/411/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART V - Nullity of Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a)›Chapter 51 - Improperly Contracted Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a)›§ 411 - When marriage void | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART V - Nullity of Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a) › Chapter 51 - Improperly Contracted Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a) › § 411 - When marriage void | When a marriage has not been contracted according to the requirements of this title, the same is null and void.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 110. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-v/chapter-51/412/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART V - Nullity of Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a)›Chapter 51 - Improperly Contracted Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a)›§ 412 - Right to bring action for annulment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART V - Nullity of Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a) › Chapter 51 - Improperly Contracted Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a) › § 412 - Right to bring action for annulment | The right to an action for a declaration of nullity of a marriage belongs to the parties to the marriage, to the public attorney, and to such other persons as may have an interest in the annulment of the same.
In case of violence or intimidation, the action of nullity can only be exercised by the innocent party.
Histor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-v/chapter-51/412a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART V - Nullity of Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a)›Chapter 51 - Improperly Contracted Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a)›§ 412a - Civil effects of annulled marriage | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART V - Nullity of Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a) › Chapter 51 - Improperly Contracted Marriage (§§ 411 — 412a) › § 412a - Civil effects of annulled marriage | A marriage contracted in good faith produces civil effects even when it is declared null and void.
If there has been good faith on the part of one of the spouses it only provides civil effects with regard to that spouse and the children.
Good faith is presumed, if there is no evidence to the contrary.
If there has been... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-57/441/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 57 - Children Generally (§§ 441 — 442)›§ 441 - Equality of rights of children | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 57 - Children Generally (§§ 441 — 442) › § 441 - Equality of rights of children | All children have, with respect to their parents and to the estate left by the latter, the same rights that correspond to legitimate children.
History —Aug. 20, 1952, No. 17, p. 200, § 1, retroactive to June 25, 1952. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-57/442/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 57 - Children Generally (§§ 441 — 442)›§ 442 - Status of children | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 57 - Children Generally (§§ 441 — 442) › § 442 - Status of children | Children are legitimate, illegitimate, or legitimized.
Legitimate children are those born in wedlock.
Illegitimate children are those born out of wedlock.
Illegitimate children may be legitimized by the subsequent marriage of their parents.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 112. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-59/461/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466)›§ 461 - Presumption of paternity and maternity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466) › § 461 - Presumption of paternity and maternity | A man is presumed to be the father when he and the mother of the children are married to each other and the children are born during the marriage, and when the children are born within three hundred days (300) after the marriage is terminated.
Voluntary acknowledgment creates a presumption of paternity in favor of the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-59/462/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466)›§ 462 - Persons entitled to challenge paternity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466) › § 462 - Persons entitled to challenge paternity | The following persons are entitled to challenge the presumption of paternity:
(1) The presumed father;
(2) the biological father;
(3) the mother, and
(4) the child, pro se or through his/her legal representative.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 114; Dec. 29, 2009, No. 215, § 2, eff. 30 days after Dec. 29. 2009. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-59/463/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466)›§ 463 - Persons entitled to challenge maternity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466) › § 463 - Persons entitled to challenge maternity | The presumption of maternity may be challenged, be it due to a simulated delivery or due to an inadvertent switch of the child during or after childbirth. The following persons are entitled to challenge the presumption of maternity:
(1) The presumed mother.
(2) The biological mother.
(3) The child, pro se or through hi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-59/464/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466)›§ 464 - Challenge by heirs | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466) › § 464 - Challenge by heirs | The heirs of any person entitled to challenge the presumption of paternity or maternity may only challenge the legitimacy of the child in the following instances:
(1) If the person entitled to challenge has died before the expiration of the period fixed for initiating his/her action in court.
(2) If he/she shall have d... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-59/465/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466)›§ 465 - When to file action to challenge | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466) › § 465 - When to file action to challenge | The action to challenge the presumption of paternity or maternity by the legal father or mother shall be filed within a prescriptive term of six months from the date that he/she learns of the inaccuracy of the filiation or from the date of approval of this act, whichever is later. However, the legal father or mother sh... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-59/466/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466)›§ 466 - Rights of legitimate children | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 59 - Legitimate Children (§§ 461 — 466) › § 466 - Rights of legitimate children | Legitimate children have the right:
(1) To bear the family name of the father and the mother.
(2) To be supported.
(3) To the legitimate inheritance.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 118. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-61/481/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486)›§ 481 - Children who May be legitimated | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486) › § 481 - Children who May be legitimated | All children had out of wedlock may be legitimated.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 119; May 13, 1947, No. 354, p. 682. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-61/482/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486)›§ 482 - Legitimation by marriage of parents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486) › § 482 - Legitimation by marriage of parents | The legitimation of children had out of wedlock shall be accomplished by the subsequent reciprocal marriage of the parents; Provided, That there shall be considered as legitimated children, all children had out of wedlock prior to the approval of this Act, whose parents have married each other after the birth of said c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-61/483/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486)›§ 483 - Rights of legitimatized children | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486) › § 483 - Rights of legitimatized children | Legitimatized children shall enjoy the same rights as the legitimate children.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 121. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-61/484/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486)›§ 484 - Effective date of legitimation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486) › § 484 - Effective date of legitimation | The legitimation shall become effective from and after the date of the wedlock of the parents.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 122. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-61/485/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486)›§ 485 - Children dying prior to legitimation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486) › § 485 - Children dying prior to legitimation | The legitimation of children dying prior to the wedlock of the parents shall benefit their descendants.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 123. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-61/486/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486)›§ 486 - Dispute of legitimation by third parties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 61 - Legitimatized Children (§§ 481 — 486) › § 486 - Dispute of legitimation by third parties | The legitimation may be disputed by persons considering their rights impaired, when the legitimation be granted in favor of person not having the lawful condition of natural children, or when the requirements prescribed in §§ 481-486 of this title have not been met.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 124. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-63/501/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514)›§ 501 - Natural children—Born after 1942 | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514) › § 501 - Natural children—Born after 1942 | All children born out of wedlock subsequent to the date this Act takes effect, shall be natural children, whether or not the parents could have married at the moment when such children were conceived. These children will be legitimized by the subsequent marriage of the parents, to each other.
History —May 12, 1942, No.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-63/502/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514)›§ 502 - Natural children—Born prior to 1942; recognition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514) › § 502 - Natural children—Born prior to 1942; recognition | Children born out of wedlock prior to the date this Act takes effect, and who lack the qualifications of natural children according to previous legislation, may be recognized for all legal purposes by the voluntary action of their parents, and in their default, by that of the persons having the right to inherit therefr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-63/503/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514)›§ 503 - Natural children—Proof of recognition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514) › § 503 - Natural children—Proof of recognition | In no criminal or civil action against the father or mother who recognized a child who lacked the qualifications of a natural child, according to previous legislation, may the fact of such recognition be introduced as evidence, except in the case of an action filed by the child to claim his rights as such.
History —May... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-63/504/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514)›§ 504 - Recognition of natural child | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514) › § 504 - Recognition of natural child | Natural children are those born out of wedlock, from parents who, at the moment when such children were conceived or were born, could have intermarried with or without dispensation.
The natural child may be recognized by the father and mother conjointly or by one of them only either in the record of birth or in the tes... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-63/505/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514)›§ 505 - Limitation of action for recognition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514) › § 505 - Limitation of action for recognition | The action for the recognition of natural children, can only be established during the life of the presumptive parents, and a year beyond their death except in the following instances:
(1) If the father or the mother shall have died during the minority of the child, in which case, the child may bring his action before ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-63/506/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514)›§ 506 - Rights of recognized natural child | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514) › § 506 - Rights of recognized natural child | A recognized natural child has the right:
(1) To use the surname of the parent making the recognition.
(2) To be supported by the same.
(3) To receive the hereditary portion determined in this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 127. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-63/507/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514)›§ 507 - Right of illegitimate children to support | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514) › § 507 - Right of illegitimate children to support | The illegitimate children lacking the lawful qualification of natural children are only entitled to such support from their parents, as is prescribed in § 562 of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 128. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-63/508/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514)›§ 508 - Right of illegitimate children to support—When en... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 63 - Illegitimate Children (§§ 501 — 509-514) › § 508 - Right of illegitimate children to support—When enforceable | The right to the support mentioned in the preceding section can only be exercised:
(1) Where the paternity or maternity is inferred from a final judgment rendered in a criminal or civil action.
(2) Where the paternity or maternity is shown by an indubitable document from the father or mother wherein the filiation is ex... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-65/531/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539)›§ 531 - Qualifications of the adopter | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539) › § 531 - Qualifications of the adopter | The adopter shall meet the following requirements as of the date the petition of adoption has been filed:
(1) Have resided uninterruptedly in Puerto Rico for at least six (6) months prior to the date on which the petition for adoption is filed.
(2) Be of legal age, except in the case in which two persons united by marr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-65/532/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539)›§ 532 - Who may not adopt | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539) › § 532 - Who may not adopt | (1) Persons declared incompetent by judicial decree shall not be able to adopt for the duration of the incompetence. In the case of a person sentenced to a term of imprisonment, that person shall not be able to adopt for the duration thereof.
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 131 on Jan. 19, 1995, No. 8, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-65/533/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539)›§ 533 - Who may and who may not be adopted | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539) › § 533 - Who may and who may not be adopted | (1) Non-emancipated minors and minors emancipated by judicial decree or with the consent of the father, mother or parents with patria potestas, may be adopted.
(2) Who may not be adopted.— Those persons who have reached legal age as of the date an adoption decree is granted, even though they are minors at the time the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-65/534/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539)›§ 534 - Number of adopters, joint adoption or individual adoption in the c... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539) › § 534 - Number of adopters, joint adoption or individual adoption in the case of marriage | No one may be adopted by more than one person, except when the adopters are married to each other, in which case they shall adopt jointly.
A spouse may adopt individually in any of the following cases:
(1) When wishing to adopt the minor child of the other spouse.
(2) When separated from his/her spouse for at least two... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-65/535/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539)›§ 535 - Persons called upon to consent to adoption | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539) › § 535 - Persons called upon to consent to adoption | The following persons shall give consent to adoption before the court:
(1) The adopter or adopters.
(2) The adoptee over ten (10) years of age.
(3) The father, mother or parents of the adoptee who, at the moment of the adoption, possesses his/her patria potestas, as well as the father or mother who due to a divorce dec... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-65/536/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539)›§ 536 - Power to recommend adoption of non-emancipated minors under State ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539) › § 536 - Power to recommend adoption of non-emancipated minors under State care | The Secretary of the Department of the Family may initiate the adoption process of a minor under his/her guardianship on behalf of an adopter, when he/she deems it convenient in the best interests and welfare of the minor, provided the parents or guardians of the aforesaid have renounced patria potestas or guardianship... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-65/537/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539)›§ 537 - Number of adoptees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539) › § 537 - Number of adoptees | The adopter or adopters may adopt one or more minors, simultaneously or successively, provided they meet the requirements established by law and it is done for the welfare and comfort of the adoptee.
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 136 on Jan. 19, 1995, No. 8, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-65/538/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539)›§ 538 - Effects and consequences of a final and binding adoption decree | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539) › § 538 - Effects and consequences of a final and binding adoption decree | Once the adoption has been decreed, the adoptee shall be deemed for all legal purposes as the child of the adopter, with all the rights, duties and obligations corresponding to it, by law. Adoption by final and binding decree shall extinguish any legal nexus between the adoptee and his/her former biological or adoptive... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vi/chapter-65/539/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539)›Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539)›§ 539 - Continuity of nexus with former family | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VI - Paternity and Filiation (§§ 441 — 539) › Chapter 65 - Adoption (§§ 531 — 539) › § 539 - Continuity of nexus with former family | The provisions of § 538 of this title notwithstanding, the legal nexus of the adoptee with his/her former paternal or maternal family shall continue when the adoptee is the child of the spouse of the adopter, even though the father or mother may have died by the date on which the adoption petition is filed, or when the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vii/chapter-71/561/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570)›Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570)›§ 561 - Support defined | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570) › Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570) › § 561 - Support defined | Support is understood to be all that is indispensable for maintenance, housing, clothing and medical attention, according to the social position of the family.
Support also includes the education and instruction of the person supported when he is a minor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 142. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vii/chapter-71/562/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570)›Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570)›§ 562 - Persons obliged to support each other | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570) › Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570) › § 562 - Persons obliged to support each other | The following are obliged to support each other within the full meaning of the preceding section:
(1) Husband and wife.
(2) Legitimate ascendants and descendants.
(3) The adopter and the person adopted and their descendants.
Brothers and sisters also owe their legitimate brothers and sisters, even when only on the moth... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vii/chapter-71/563/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570)›Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570)›§ 563 - Priority of claims for support | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570) › Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570) › § 563 - Priority of claims for support | A claim for support, when proper and when there are two or more persons who are bound to give it, shall be made in the following order:
(1) To the husband or wife.
(2) To the nearest descendants.
(3) To the nearest ascendants.
(4) To brothers or sisters.
Among descendants and ascendants the gradation shall follow the o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vii/chapter-71/564/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570)›Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570)›§ 564 - Support by or for two or more persons | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570) › Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570) › § 564 - Support by or for two or more persons | When the obligation to support devolves upon two or more persons, the amount that each shall pay shall be proportioned to his respective estate.
Nevertheless, in cases of urgent necessity and under special circumstances, the judge may order one of them to provisionally provide such support, and he shall have the right ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vii/chapter-71/565/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570)›Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570)›§ 565 - Amount of support | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570) › Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570) › § 565 - Amount of support | The amount provided for support shall be proportioned to the resources of the person giving such support and to the necessities of the party receiving it, and shall be reduced or increased in proportion to the resources of the former and the necessities of the latter.
History —Civil Code, 1902, § 216. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vii/chapter-71/566/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570)›Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570)›§ 566 - Beginning of obligation; time of payment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570) › Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570) › § 566 - Beginning of obligation; time of payment | The obligation to provide child support shall be [required] from the time the person who has the right to receive it needs the same in order to survive, but it shall not be paid except from the date the claim is filed.
Payment is verified for months in advance, and when the recipient of child support dies his/her heirs... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vii/chapter-71/567/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570)›Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570)›§ 567 - Form of support | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570) › Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570) › § 567 - Form of support | The person obliged to render support may, if he so elects, either pay the amount required to be paid, or receive and maintain in his own dwelling the person having a right to such support.
The option granted to the supporter to receive and keep the one supported in his own home may be refused by him by virtue of legal,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vii/chapter-71/568/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570)›Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570)›§ 568 - End of obligation; waiver, transfer, or set off | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570) › Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570) › § 568 - End of obligation; waiver, transfer, or set off | The obligation to give support ceases with the death of the person obliged to give it, even when given in fulfilment of a final judgment.
The right to receive support cannot be relinquished or transmitted to a third party. Neither shall such support be set off against any amount owing by the recipient to the person obl... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vii/chapter-71/569/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570)›Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570)›§ 569 - Other causes ending obligation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570) › Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570) › § 569 - Other causes ending obligation | The obligation to give support shall also cease:
(1) With the death of the recipient.
(2) When the fortune of the person obliged to give it shall have been reduced so that he cannot do so without disregarding his own needs and those of his family.
(3) When the recipient is capable of working at a trade, profession or i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-vii/chapter-71/570/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570)›Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570)›§ 570 - Application of provisions to other cases | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VII - Support of Relations (§§ 561 — 570) › Chapter 71 - Rights and Duties to Support (§§ 561 — 570) › § 570 - Application of provisions to other cases | The preceding provisions are applicable to other cases in which by this code, by will or by compact, a right to support may arise, excepting what is stipulated, ordered by the testator or provided by law for the special case under consideration.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 151. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-75/591/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 75 - General Provisions (§§ 591 — 591a)›§ 591 - Patria potestas over children | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 75 - General Provisions (§§ 591 — 591a) › § 591 - Patria potestas over children | The patria potestas over unemancipated children belongs to both parents, jointly, and in case of emergency may be exercised solely by the parent having the guardianship of the minor at the time of such emergency.
Every public or private hospital shall accept the consent of either one of the parents with patria potestas... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-75/591a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 75 - General Provisions (§§ 591 — 591a)›§ 591a - Rights of Grandparents, Uncles, and Aunts | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 75 - General Provisions (§§ 591 — 591a) › § 591a - Rights of Grandparents, Uncles, and Aunts | After the dissolution of the family unit, when a parent dies, or as a result of a divorce, separation, or annulment of the marriage, parents or guardians with legal and physical custody of a non-emancipated minor shall not, without just cause, prevent the latter from maintaining a relationship with his/her grandparents... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-77/601/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 77 - Effects of Patria Potestad on Children (§ 601)›§ 601 - Duties and powers of parents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 77 - Effects of Patria Potestad on Children (§ 601) › § 601 - Duties and powers of parents | The father and the mother have, with respect to their children not emancipated:
(1) The duty of supporting them, keeping them in their company, educating and instructing them in accordance with their means, and representing them in the exercise of all actions which may redound to the benefit of such children.
(2) The p... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-79/611/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619)›§ 611 - Administration of property | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619) › § 611 - Administration of property | In the absence of a judicial decree to the effect, the administration of the property of children under patria potestas belongs jointly to both parents or to the one who has the minor under his or her guardianship and potestas.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 154; June 2, 1976, No. 99, p. 295. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-79/612/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619)›§ 612 - Property acquired by labor ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619) › § 612 - Property acquired by labor of child or for valuable consideration | Property acquired by an unemancipated child by labor of industry, or for any valuable consideration, belongs to the said child, but the usufruct thereof belongs to the parents having potestas over him whilst he lives in their company; but if the child, with the consent of his parents, lives independently, he shall be d... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-79/613/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619)›§ 613 - Property acquired with capi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619) › § 613 - Property acquired with capital of parents | Whatever property the child may acquire with the capital of each of his parents belongs in property and usufruct to both parents jointly, or to whoever has the patria potestas and custody of the minor. But if the parents, or any one of them, assigns to the child the whole or part of his gains, the same shall not be cha... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-79/614/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619)›§ 614 - Property donated or willed ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619) › § 614 - Property donated or willed for education | Property or income donated or bequeathed for the education and instruction expenses of an unemancipated child shall belong to him in property and usufruct, but both parents jointly, or the parent who exercises the patria potestas and custody of the child shall have the administration thereof, unless it is otherwise pro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-79/615/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619)›§ 615 - Obligations of parents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619) › § 615 - Obligations of parents | The parents, as regards the property of a child in which they possess the usufruct or administration, have the same obligations as any other usufructuary or administrator, as well as the special obligations on legal mortgage established in the Mortgage Law.
An inventory shall be made, with the intervention of the prose... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-79/616/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619)›§ 616 - Alienation or encumbrance o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619) › § 616 - Alienation or encumbrance of property prohibited | The exercise of the patria potestas does not authorize either of the parents to alienate or lay any encumbrance upon real property of any kind, or personal property belonging to the child, the value of which exceeds two thousand (2,000) dollars, and is under the administration of both, or either, of the parents, withou... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-79/617/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619)›§ 617 - Appointment of person to de... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619) › § 617 - Appointment of person to defend interests | Whenever both parents or any one of them have interests opposed to those of their unemancipated children in any matter, the Court of First Instance shall appoint a defender for the latter, who shall represent them in or out of Court.
The Court of First Instance shall appoint as defender, on petition of either parent, t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-79/618/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619)›§ 618 - Acknowledged or adopted chi... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619) › § 618 - Acknowledged or adopted children | Parents acknowledging or adopting children do not acquire the usufruct of the property of such acknowledged or adoptive children, nor shall they have the administration thereof, unless they give bond as security for the results of such administration, to the satisfaction of the part of the Court of First Instance of th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-79/619/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619)›§ 619 - Usufruct in case of divorce | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 79 - Effects of Patria Potestas upon Property of Children (§§ 611 — 619) › § 619 - Usufruct in case of divorce | In case of divorce, the usufruct of the property of unemancipated children shall belong, in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sections, to the parent having the minor under his potestas and guardianship.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 162; June 2, 1976, No. 99, p. 295. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-81/631/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c)›§ 631 - Termination of patria potestas | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c) › § 631 - Termination of patria potestas | Patria potestas ends:
1. With the death of the parents or of the child.
2. Through emancipation of the child.
3. By adoption of the child by another.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 163. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-81/632/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c)›§ 632 - Dissolution of marriage | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c) › § 632 - Dissolution of marriage | After the marriage has been dissolved for whatever cause, the father or mother who voluntarily abandons the children for a period of more than six months shall lose the patria potestas: The court may mediate before the expiration of said term when special circumstances concur that so warrant. In order to decree the los... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-81/633/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c)›§ 633 - Suspension of patria potestas | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c) › § 633 - Suspension of patria potestas | The patria potestas is suspended for incapacity or absence judicially declared.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 165; June 2, 1976, No. 99, p. 295. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-81/634/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c)›§ 634 - Termination or suspension by court for mis... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c) › § 634 - Termination or suspension by court for misconduct | Patria potestas entails the obligation of fulfilling it responsibly, as a good head of the family, pursuant to § 601 of this title and any special laws that apply, and to look after the welfare and the best interests of the minor.
When patria potestas is [disallowed], suspended or restricted, the court may also [disall... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-81/634a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c)›§ 634a - Grounds on which a person is deprived, re... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c) › § 634a - Grounds on which a person is deprived, restricted or suspended from exercising patria p... | The grounds, be it by commission or omission, for which a person may be deprived restricted or suspended of the patria potestas of a son or daughter are the following:
(1) To cause or put the minor at substantial risk of suffering predictable harm or injury of his/her physical, mental, emotional and moral health.
(2) T... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-81/634b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c)›§ 634b - Deprivation of patria potestas due to men... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c) › § 634b - Deprivation of patria potestas due to mental or emotional disease or condition | The court shall deprive a father or a mother of patria potestas, at the request of a party, or motu proprio, if either the father or the mother, as the case may be, suffers a disease or a mental or emotional defect or condition, or alcoholism, or addiction to controlled substances, or if they display conduct which make... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-viii/chapter-81/634c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c)›Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c)›§ 634c - Deprivation of patria potestas by court | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART VIII - Patria Potestad (§§ 591 — 634c) › Chapter 81 - Manner in Which Patria Potestas Ends (§§ 631 — 634c) › § 634c - Deprivation of patria potestas by court | The court shall deprive any person of de jure or de facto guardianship for any of the grounds or circumstances stated in § 634a and 634b of this title.
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 166C on Jan. 19, 1995, No. 8, § 2. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-85/661/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667)›§ 661 - Object of tutorship | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667) › § 661 - Object of tutorship | The object of tutorship is the custody of the person and property, or of only the property, of such persons who, not subject to patria potestas, are incapable of governing themselves.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 167. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-85/662/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667)›§ 662 - Persons subject to guardianship | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667) › § 662 - Persons subject to guardianship | The following are subject to guardianship:
(1) Minors not lawfully emancipated.
(2) Demented or insane persons, although they may have lucid moments, and deaf-mutes who cannot understand or communicate effectively by any means.
(3) Prodigals or habitual drunkards declared [as] such by final judgment.
(4) [Repealed. Act... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-85/663/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667)›§ 663 - Single tutor | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667) › § 663 - Single tutor | Tutorship shall be exercised by a single tutor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 169. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-85/664/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667)›§ 664 - Renunciation of office | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667) › § 664 - Renunciation of office | The office of tutor cannot be renounced unless for a lawful cause duly shown.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 170. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-85/665/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667)›§ 665 - Care of person and property by attorneys or district attorneys | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667) › § 665 - Care of person and property by attorneys or district attorneys | The attorney of the Family Relations Court or the District Attorney in districts where there is no Family Relations Court, of the place in which persons subject to tutorship reside, shall provide for the care of such persons and their personal property until a tutor shall be appointed, when there are no other persons l... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-85/666/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667)›§ 666 - How tutorship conferred | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667) › § 666 - How tutorship conferred | Tutorship is conferred:
(1) By will.
(2) By the law.
(3) By a competent court.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 172. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-85/667/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667)›§ 667 - Registry of tutorships | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 85 - General Provisions (§§ 661 — 667) › § 667 - Registry of tutorships | The tutor shall not enter upon his duties without his appointment having been recorded in the registry of tutorships.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 173. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-87/681/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 87 - Testamentary Tutorships (§§ 681 — 684a)›§ 681 - Appointment—Will of parents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 87 - Testamentary Tutorships (§§ 681 — 684a) › § 681 - Appointment—Will of parents | The father or the mother may appoint a tutor in their will for their minor children and those of legal age who are incapacitated, provided they are not under the authority of another person.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 174; June 3, 1983, No. 71, p. 152, § 1,. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-87/682/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 87 - Testamentary Tutorships (§§ 681 — 684a)›§ 682 - Appointment—Person leaving inheritance or legacy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 87 - Testamentary Tutorships (§§ 681 — 684a) › § 682 - Appointment—Person leaving inheritance or legacy | Any person leaving an inheritance or legacy of importance to minors or incapacitated persons may appoint a tutor for the administration of such property. Such appointment shall not hold, however, until the inheritance or legacy shall have been accepted by the father, the mother, or the tutor of the minor, with the appr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-87/683/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 87 - Testamentary Tutorships (§§ 681 — 684a)›§ 683 - Appointment—Surviving father or mother | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 87 - Testamentary Tutorships (§§ 681 — 684a) › § 683 - Appointment—Surviving father or mother | The surviving father or mother may appoint a tutor for each one of their children, and they may appoint various persons in order that they may substitute each other. In case of doubt, a single tutor shall be deemed to have been appointed, and the first of those named in the appointment shall be entrusted with the tutor... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-87/684/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 87 - Testamentary Tutorships (§§ 681 — 684a)›§ 684 - Several tutors for same person | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 87 - Testamentary Tutorships (§§ 681 — 684a) › § 684 - Several tutors for same person | If different persons have designated a tutor for the same minor or incapacitated person, the office shall be determined in the following order:
(1) The one designated by the parent that last exercised parental authority (patria potestas).
(2) The one named by the nonrelated person that may have instituted the minor or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-87/684a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 87 - Testamentary Tutorships (§§ 681 — 684a)›§ 684a - Order of preference | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 87 - Testamentary Tutorships (§§ 681 — 684a) › § 684a - Order of preference | If, while a tutor is in the exercise of his office, the one designated by the father or mother is found, tutorship will be transferred immediately. If the tutor that is found is the one designated by a nonrelated person, according to subsections (2) and (3) of the previous section, he will be limited to administering t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-89/701/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 89 - Guardianship by Effect of Law (§§ 701 — 722)›§ 701 - Tutorship of minors—Who may exercise | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 89 - Guardianship by Effect of Law (§§ 701 — 722) › § 701 - Tutorship of minors—Who may exercise | In default of a testamentary tutor appointed by either of the parents, the legitimate tutorship of unemancipated minors shall belong to the person the Court may designate from among the persons mentioned below, keeping in mind the minor’s best interests and welfare.
(1) Any of the grandparents.
(2) Any of the brothers ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-89/702/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 89 - Guardianship by Effect of Law (§§ 701 — 722)›§ 702 - Tutorship of minors—Orphans or abandoned and handicapped... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 89 - Guardianship by Effect of Law (§§ 701 — 722) › § 702 - Tutorship of minors—Orphans or abandoned and handicapped children | The Director of the institution or division who is legally entrusted with the duty of looking after orphans or abandoned and handicapped children shall be their tutor. The legal representation of said official in his capacity as tutor shall be assumed by the prosecutor.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 179; July 20, 1979, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-89/703/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 89 - Guardianship by Effect of Law (§§ 701 — 722)›§ 703 - Guardianship of insane persons and deaf-mutes—Court orde... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 89 - Guardianship by Effect of Law (§§ 701 — 722) › § 703 - Guardianship of insane persons and deaf-mutes—Court order | No guardian may be appointed for an insane or demented person or a deaf-mute who is unable to understand or communicate effectively by any means, unless the appointment is preceded by a statement made by the Court of First Instance of his/her domicile, that the person is not legally qualified to administer his/her prop... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-89/704/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 89 - Guardianship by Effect of Law (§§ 701 — 722)›§ 704 - Guardianship of insane persons and deaf-mutes—Who May pe... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 89 - Guardianship by Effect of Law (§§ 701 — 722) › § 704 - Guardianship of insane persons and deaf-mutes—Who May petition for decree | The said decree may be petitioned for by the husband or wife and relatives of the person presumed to be incapable and who have the right to succeed him in case he dies intestate.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 181. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-thirty-one/subtitle-1/part-ix/chapter-89/705/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305)›Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984)›PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879)›Chapter 89 - Guardianship by Effect of Law (§§ 701 — 722)›§ 705 - Guardianship of insane persons and deaf-mutes—Petition b... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE THIRTY-ONE - Civil Code (§§ 1 — 5305) › Subtitle 1 - Persons (§§ 81 — 984) › PART IX - Guardianship (§§ 661 — 879) › Chapter 89 - Guardianship by Effect of Law (§§ 701 — 722) › § 705 - Guardianship of insane persons and deaf-mutes—Petition by prosecuting attorney; relatives | The prosecuting attorney shall demand such decree:
(1) When the person is a raving maniac.
(2) When none of other persons mentioned in the preceding section are living or when they do not make use of the right therein granted them.
(3) When the husband or wife and the heirs of the person presumed to be incapable are mi... |
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