Civil Code of the Philippines:Emancipation and Age of Majority (RA 6809)

 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6809AN ACT LOWERING THE AGE OF MAJORITY FROM TWENTY-ONE TO EIGHTEEN YEARS,AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED NINE, ANDFOR OTHER PURPOSESSec. 1. Article 234 of Executive Order No. 209, the Family Code of the Philippines, ishereby amended to read as follows:“Art. 234. Emancipation takes place by the attainment of […]