Can same-sex couples adopt in Puerto Rico?
Joint adoption legal
Same-sex couples can jointly petition to adopt.
Puerto Rico is one of 48 countries classified “Joint adoption legal” for same-sex adoption — 33% of the 147 with data. (Also searched as LGBT adoption.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: LGBTQ adoption
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- British Virgin Islands
- Not permitted Same-sex couples cannot adopt.
- Sint Maarten
- Not permitted Same-sex couples cannot adopt.
- Anguilla
- Not permitted Same-sex couples cannot adopt.
- Saint-Martin
- Not permitted Same-sex couples cannot adopt.
- Saint-Barthélemy
- Joint adoption legal Same-sex couples can jointly petition to adopt.
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Not permitted Same-sex couples cannot adopt.
Other laws in Puerto Rico
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Marriage legal
- Same-Sex Activity
- Legal
- Sex Work
- Legal & regulated
- Marriage Age
- 18+
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