QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 6809)
RA 6809 lowers the age of majority from twenty-one (21) to eighteen (18) years by amending Article 234 of the Family Code.
Emancipation takes place by the attainment of majority; unless otherwise provided, majority commences at age eighteen.
It replaces Article 234’s text to state that majority (and thus emancipation) begins at eighteen years, unless otherwise provided.
Articles 235 and 237 of the Family Code are repealed.
Emancipation terminates parental authority over the child’s person and property, and the child becomes qualified and responsible for acts of civil life, subject to exceptions under special laws.
Yes. Contracting marriage requires parental consent until the age of twenty-one (21).
It means emancipation generally ends parental authority, but certain specific legal exceptions may continue parental/legal responsibilities or restrictions in special cases.
No. It preserves existing duties/responsibilities for children and wards below twenty-one years of age as mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of Article 2180 of the Civil Code.
It creates a distinction: majority (eighteen) affects emancipation and civil responsibility, but marriage is treated separately and still requires parental consent until twenty-one.
They will not retroact to their prejudice upon the effectivity of the Act.
It protects beneficiaries/minors under existing instruments from losing favorable provisions due to the new age-of-majority rule.
Upon completion of its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
It relates to emancipation/majority; emancipation occurs at attainment of majority, which is now eighteen.
To reduce the legal threshold for majority/emancipation from twenty-one to eighteen while adjusting related provisions on parental authority and special legal exceptions.