Common Law marriages are NOT accepted or recognized in Puerto Rico. It doesn’t matter if you live together for a year, ten years, or thirty years. In order to be considered “married” in our jurisdiction, you need to have formally married either in Puerto Rico, or elsewhere. Legal formalities of marriage are required in order…
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Irreconcilable Differences in Puerto Rico?…Not here!
There was a time when a consensual divorce was not permitted in Puerto Rico. The only option that couples had to obtain a divorce was to petition it the “old fashioned way”, and only if they qualified under one of the causes stated in the PR Civil Code (Cruel Treatment, Abandon, Separation, Adultery, etc.), then…
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