P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 531
The adopter shall meet the following requirements as of the date the petition of adoption has been filed:
(1) Have resided uninterruptedly in Puerto Rico for at least six (6) months prior to the date on which the petition for adoption is filed.
(2) Be of legal age, except in the case in which two persons united by marriage adopt jointly, in which case it shall be sufficient for one of them to be of legal age, allowing for the other adopter to be a minor, but never being less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(3) Have legal capacity to act.
In those cases in which a spouse wishes to adopt the child of the other spouse, it shall be sufficient that upon the date the petition for adoption is filed, the adopter has been married to the father or mother of the adoptee for at least two (2) years, or that the adopting spouse is at least fourteen (14) years older than the minor adoptee.
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 130 on Jan. 19, 1995, No. 8, § 1; Dec. 16, 2011, No. 247, § 10.