AN
ACT LOWERING THE AGE OF MAJORITY FROM TWENTY-ONE TO EIGHTEEN YEARS,
AMENDING
FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE
ORDER NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED NINE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
"Art.
234.Emancipation takes place by the
attainment of majority. Unless otherwise provided, majority commences
at
the age of eighteen years."chan
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Sec.
2. Articles 235 and 237 of the
same Code are hereby repealed.
Sec.
3. Article 236 of the same Code
is also hereby amended to read as follows:
"Art.
236.Emancipation shall terminate parental
authority over the person and property of the child who shall then be
qualified
and responsible for all acts of civil life, save the exceptions
established
by existing laws in special cases.
"Contracting
marriage shall require parental consent until the age of
twenty-one. chan
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"Nothing
in this Code shall be construed to derogate from the duty or
responsibility
of parents and guardians for children and wards below twenty-one years
of age mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of Article 2180 of
the Civil
Code."
Sec.
4. Upon the effectivity of this
Act, existing wills, bequests, donations, grants, insurance policies
and
similar instruments containing references and provisions favorable to
minors
will not retroact to their prejudice.chan
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Sec.
5. This Act shall take effect
upon completion of its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of
general
circulation. chan
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Approved:
December 13, 1989
