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1 Answer | Asked in Civil Litigation, Civil Rights and Constitutional Law for Puerto Rico on
Q: Cobro obligado en el marbete por $5 "donacion" Roberto clemente es extorcion.. como puedo demandar?

Renovation marbete

Jose M. Rivera Santos
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answered on Jun 3, 2022

Saludos:

El Código Penal de Puerto Rico define el delito de extorsión como "Toda persona que, mediante violencia o intimidación, o bajo pretexto de tener derecho como funcionario o empleado público, obligue a otra persona a entregar bienes o a realizar, tolerar u omitir actos, los...
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1 Answer | Asked in Civil Rights, Constitutional Law and Criminal Law for Puerto Rico on
Q: With being far a way from my grandmother am I able to call the police to have people removed from her home

They are causing a lot of problems and neighbors are saying abuse is even happening in the house . Abuse to the elderly

Nelson Jose Francisco Alvarez-Aponte
Nelson Jose Francisco Alvarez-Aponte
answered on May 13, 2020

Hello and thank you for using Justia.

You have been notified by a third party that your Grandmother is being subjected to Elderly Abuse. You must immediately call the Puerto Rico Abuse Hotline at (787) 725-9788 or (787) 721-8225 and report the abuse. In addition you can contact the...
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1 Answer | Asked in Constitutional Law for Puerto Rico on
Q: What are the latest most relevant constitutional law cases regarding the First Amendment' Establishment Clause?Fed+State
Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Apr 5, 2020

You could visit the Supreme Court's blog (https://www.scotusblog.com/) and check to see if they have any First Amendment developments on this issue. If they don't have anything, you could run searches on your own, working back from 2020. Good luck

Tim Akpinar

2 Answers | Asked in Family Law, Civil Rights and Constitutional Law for Puerto Rico on
Q: 20 yr old female living in Florida. I want to get married. But my father doesn’t approve. Can he force me go back to PR?

Thanks

Nelson Jose Francisco Alvarez-Aponte
Nelson Jose Francisco Alvarez-Aponte
answered on Sep 3, 2019

Hello and thank you for using JUSTIA. In the state of Florida the legal age of majority is 18. Since you are a resident of over said age you are legally emancipated and thus are an adult byou can legally marry your boyfriend without your father's consent. You are of legal age.

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