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Puerto Rico legislature approves age of majority reduction and penal code amendments
The Puerto Rico Senate has approved Senate Bill 1245, which proposes reducing the civil and administrative age of majority from 21 to 18. This change would grant young adults the capacity to marry, consent to medical treatments, enter into commercial activities, and execute holographic wills without parental consent.
To prevent the loss of essential services, the measure specifies that reaching age 18 will not automatically terminate alimony, medical coverage, special education, or social assistance. The Administration for the Support of Minors (ASUME) will maintain jurisdiction over alimony until age 21, and potentially until age 25 under specific academic conditions.
Separately, the House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 465, which amends the Puerto Rico Penal Code to include the crime of obstructing public authority. This applies to individuals who refuse to authenticate criminal digital content voluntarily posted on social media. Additionally, House Bill 1386 was approved to extend a ten-year statute of limitations to crimes of fraud, money laundering, and aggravated illegal appropriation involving amounts of $50,000 or more.
Entities
Administration for the Support of Minors · House of Representatives of Puerto Rico · Senate of Puerto Rico · Ángel Toledo López
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What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.
- [● 2 SOURCES] Reaching age 18 will not automatically cancel benefits such as alimony, medical coverage, special education, or social assistance. montecristinoticias.com · deultimominuto.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The new obstruction law applies to individuals who upload criminal content to social media, rather than the accused or participants in the crime. precision.com.do
- [● 2 SOURCES] Under Senate Bill 1245, 18-year-olds can marry, consent to medical treatments, engage in commerce, and make holographic wills without parental consent. montecristinoticias.com · deultimominuto.com
- [○ 1 SOURCE] House Bill 1386 amends the Penal Code to apply a ten-year statute of limitations to fraud, money laundering, and aggravated illegal appropriation involving amounts of $50,000 or more. precision.com.do
- [○ 1 SOURCE] The House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 465, which adds the crime of obstructing public authority to the Penal Code for refusing to authenticate criminal content posted on social media. precision.com.do
- [● 2 SOURCES] The Puerto Rico Senate approved a measure to reduce the civil and administrative age of majority from 21 to 18 years. montecristinoticias.com · deultimominuto.com
- [● 2 SOURCES] ASUME jurisdiction and alimony payments will continue until age 21, or up to age 25 under specific academic circumstances. montecristinoticias.com · deultimominuto.com