Title
Supreme Court
Lowering age of majority to 18 years
Law
Republic Act No. 6809
Decision Date
Dec 13, 1989
Republic Act No. 6809 lowers the age of majority from twenty-one to eighteen years, terminating parental authority and granting emancipation to individuals at the age of eighteen, while still requiring parental consent for marriage until the age of twenty-one.

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