Practice question
A court considers liability for an eighteen-year-old ward living with a guardian. The guardian argues that the general lowering of majority to eighteen automatically erased the specific responsibility saved for wards below twenty-one. No other defense has yet been decided. Which is correct?
- Every eighteenth birthday eliminates the saved provision
- RA 6809 Section 3 preserves the referenced guardian responsibility for wards below twenty-one, so age eighteen alone does not resolve the claim
- Every guardian is strictly liable regardless of all other facts
- Every ward is permanently a minor for all purposes
- No law can distinguish emancipation from a specific responsibility
Legal references
- RA 6809, Sections 1 and 3: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6809_1989.html
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