{
  "code": "US-PR",
  "name": "Puerto Rico",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-07",
  "confidence": "limited",
  "black_letter": "Puerto Rico’s Civil Code of 2020 (Title 31 filiation materials) does not provide a clear published informal sperm-donor non-parentage safe harbor analogous to modern UPA intent statutes. Parentage defaults toward filiation, recognition, and biology-focused rules. Informal AI is high legal risk; clinic pathways and court/adoption processes are the practical tools. Map status remains Unknown for informal AI. NI is ordinary conception risk.",
  "ai_informal": "insufficient_primary",
  "ni": "not_recognized",
  "physician_or_clinic_for_safe_harbor": "often",
  "agreement_effect": "limited_or_unclear",
  "key_citations": [
    {
      "label": "Puerto Rico Civil Code materials (Justia mirror — verify official)",
      "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/"
    }
  ],
  "emerging_law_note": "Territorial parentage for informal donation is often under-documented in free English sources. Unknown/Anomalous status is intentional conservatism—not a claim of criminality.",
  "page": "/Pages/US/PR/pr.html",
  "region_group": "US",
  "status_badges": {
    "AI-Single": "Unknown",
    "AI-Married": "Unknown",
    "NI": "Banned",
    "Contract": "Unknown"
  }
}