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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24/466/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471)›§ 466 - Custodians | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471) › § 466 - Custodians | The Board shall designate one or more banks to serve as custodians of the money, securities and assets of the Permanent Fund.
The custodian banks shall have to be:
(a) Incorporated under the laws of the United States or of Puerto Rico.
(b) Subject to the supervision and examination by the banking authorities of federal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24/467/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471)›§ 467 - Fiscal year | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471) › § 467 - Fiscal year | The fiscal year of the Permanent Fund shall end on June 30 of each year.
History —July 1, 1997, No. 27, § 17. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24/468/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471)›§ 468 - Political activities; prohibition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471) › § 468 - Political activities; prohibition | The resources of the Permanent Fund shall not be used to finance or influence activities of a political partisan nature.
History —July 1, 1997, No. 27, § 18. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24/469/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471)›§ 469 - Compensation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471) › § 469 - Compensation | No member of the Board of Trustees, official, agent or employee shall in any way be personally liable for any obligation, loss or expense incurred by the Permanent Fund unless such obligation loss or expense arises or is the result of gross negligence, intentional misconduct or knowing that it could cause damages. The ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24/470/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471)›§ 470 - Audit | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471) › § 470 - Audit | The Office of the Comptroller may examine, review, supervise or audit documents, papers or records of the Permanent Fund created hereby in order to ensure that the assets and the public funds proceeding from the Government of Puerto Rico, its agencies or instrumentalities, including the municipalities, have been used a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24/471/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471)›§ 471 - Penalties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24 - Protection of Children and Prevention of Child Abuse (§§ 451 — 471) › § 471 - Penalties | Any member of the Board, official, agent or employee of the Trust who in the performance of his/her powers, duties and responsibilities incurs conduct typified as a crime against public office or against the public treasury, shall be subject to the penalties established in the existing laws, as applicable.
History —Jul... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24a/481/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487)›§ 481 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487) › § 481 - Definitions | The following terms shall have the meaning expressed below:
(1) Crimes against minors.— Are the crimes listed in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 3 of Act No. 28 of July 1, 1997, as amended, when these are committed against a person under eighteen (18) years of age.
(2) Violent sex crimes.— Are the crimes listed in s... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24a/482/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487)›§ 482 - Prohibition—Providers an... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487) › § 482 - Prohibition—Providers and certification | (a) No person may function as a care services provider for children and the elderly or be able to provide such services in the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico unless having previously applied for and received a certification indicating that said person is not registered in the Registry of Persons Convic... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24a/483/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487)›§ 483 - Prohibitions—Entities pr... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487) › § 483 - Prohibitions—Entities providers of care service | (a) No entity that provides care services may contract, employ, or use in any capacity, through remuneration or for free, any provider of such services unless he or she has previously presented in a certification indicating that he or she is not registered in the Registry of persons convicted of sex crimes and child ab... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24a/484/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487)›§ 484 - Qualified immunity | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487) › § 484 - Qualified immunity | Any person in charge of carrying out the purposes and duties imposed by this chapter shall be exempted and shall have immunity against civil liability when acting in good faith in the fulfillment of his or her duties.
History —Sept. 2, 1999, No. 300, § 6, eff. 180 days after Sept. 2, 1999. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24a/485/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487)›§ 485 - Penalty | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487) › § 485 - Penalty | Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter shall incur a misdemeanor.
History —Sept. 2, 1999, No. 300, § 7; Sept. 14, 2004, No. 273, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24a/486/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487)›§ 486 - Powers of regulation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487) › § 486 - Powers of regulation | All departments, bodies, agencies, and instrumentalities of Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are hereby expressly authorized to establish the necessary regulations for the implementation of this chapter.
History —Sept. 2, 1999, No. 300, § 8, eff. 180 days after Sept. 2, 1999. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24a/487/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487)›§ 487 - Circulation and publicat... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24A - Criminal Record Verification Act of Care Service Providers for the Children and the Elderly of Puerto Rico (§§ 481 — 487) › § 487 - Circulation and publication | The Puerto Rico Police, the Justice Department, the Department of Health, and the Department of the Family shall have the obligation of publishing the contents of the provisions of this chapter in the public media they deem proper.
History —Sept. 2, 1999, No. 300, § 9, eff. 180 days after Sept. 2, 1999. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24b/491/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24B - Code Adam (§§ 491 — 492)›§ 491 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24B - Code Adam (§§ 491 — 492) › § 491 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning stated below:
(a) Building.— Means and includes those structures that house offices, dependencies or facilities of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, including municipalities, public instrumentalities and corporations, and the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24b/492/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24B - Code Adam (§§ 491 — 492)›§ 492 - Establishment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24B - Code Adam (§§ 491 — 492) › § 492 - Establishment | (1) The Code Adam security protocol is hereby established, which all public building administrators shall implement as follows: when a parent, tutor or person in charge of a child notifies to any employee working in the building that his/her child is missing, the employee shall obtain a detailed description of the mino... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24c/493/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24C - Act to Bar any Person Registered in the Registry Of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse From Children and Youth Parks and Play Areas (§§ 493... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24C - Act to Bar any Person Registered in the Registry Of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse From Children and Youth Parks and Play Areas (§§ 493 — 493d) › § 493 - Definitions | (a) Children and youth.— Means any minor under the age of eighteen (18).
(b) Sex offenders.– Means any person convicted of a sex offense against a minor and who is registered in the Registry of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse created by virtue of § 536a et seq. of Title 4.
(c) Parks and play areas.— M... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24c/493a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24C - Act to Bar any Person Registered in the Registry Of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse From Children and Youth Parks and Play Areas (§§ 493... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24C - Act to Bar any Person Registered in the Registry Of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse From Children and Youth Parks and Play Areas (§§ 493 — 493d) › § 493a - Prohibition | Any person registered in the Registry of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse is hereby barred from working, entering, and/or loitering in parks and/or places devoted to entertaining children and youth while registered in the aforementioned registry.
History —Jan. 20, 2012, No. 35, § 3. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24c/493b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24C - Act to Bar any Person Registered in the Registry Of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse From Children and Youth Parks and Play Areas (§§ 493... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24C - Act to Bar any Person Registered in the Registry Of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse From Children and Youth Parks and Play Areas (§§ 493 — 493d) › § 493b - Sentence | Every sentence imposed on any person subject to registration in the Registry of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse shall expressly contain the prohibition of entering and/or loitering in parks and/or places devoted to entertaining children and youth while registered in said Registry.
History —Jan. 20, 20... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24c/493c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24C - Act to Bar any Person Registered in the Registry Of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse From Children and Youth Parks and Play Areas (§§ 493... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24C - Act to Bar any Person Registered in the Registry Of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse From Children and Youth Parks and Play Areas (§§ 493 — 493d) › § 493c - Penalties | Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a fourth-degree felony and shall be punished by imprisonment ranging from six (6) months and one (1) day to three (3) years or by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) or both penalties at the discretion of the court.
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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-24c/493d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 24C - Act to Bar any Person Registered in the Registry Of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse From Children and Youth Parks and Play Areas (§§ 493... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 24C - Act to Bar any Person Registered in the Registry Of Persons Convicted of Sex Offenses and Child Abuse From Children and Youth Parks and Play Areas (§§ 493 — 493d) › § 493d - Regulations | The Sports and Recreation Department and the Puerto Rico Police shall establish the regulations as are necessary for the implementation of this chapter.
History —Jan. 20, 2012, No. 35, § 6. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/501/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 501 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 501 - Definitions | For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings stated hereinbelow:
(1) Title IV-D Agency.— Agency for the enforcement of the state child support program established under Title IV-D of the Federal Social Security Act. The Administration is the appointed Title IV-D Agency to enforce compli... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/502/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 502 - Statement of public policy | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 502 - Statement of public policy | It is hereby stated to be the public policy of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to ensure that the legally responsible parents or persons contribute, in the measure that their resources allow, to the support and welfare of their children or dependents, through the strengthening of the systems and the expediting of the a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/503/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 503 - Reciprocal duties | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 503 - Reciprocal duties | Parents and children, spouses, ex-spouses and relatives are reciprocally obligated to help each other and to support each other financially, as provided in the Civil Code and in the interpretative jurisprudence. The parents of a minor are responsible for his/her support and the court or the Administrator can order them... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/504/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 504 - Child Support Administration—Creation | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 504 - Child Support Administration—Creation | The Child Support Administration is hereby created, attached to the Department, as one of its operational and programmatic components, under the coordination, supervision, evaluation and inspection of the Secretary.
The Administration shall constitute an Individual Administrator pursuant to Act No. 5 of October 14, 197... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/504a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 504a - Transfer of powers and functions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 504a - Transfer of powers and functions | Upon the effectiveness of this act, the following programs, functions, powers and duties are transferred to the Administration:
(1) All the functions, powers and duties which under the federal legislation and regulations were carried out by the Child Support Program of the Department, and those functions proper to, the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/504b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 504b - Rendering services | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 504b - Rendering services | (1) The Administration shall render child support services as authorized by this chapter in the following cases:
(a) When the case is referred by the Temporary Assistance Program of the Department of the Family, by any agency or government body, or by the court, if the person whose case is referred receives assistance ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/505/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 505 - Special Fund | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 505 - Special Fund | A special fund is hereby created under the administration of the Administrator, which shall be known as the “Special Fund for Services and Representation of Child Support Cases”.
The funds received by the Administration for services rendered, gifts, incentives, income, fines, charges, interest, penalties, expenses, cos... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/505a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 505a - Functions of the Secretary | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 505a - Functions of the Secretary | The Secretary is the official responsible for the faithful compliance of the public policy set forth in this chapter in order to handle in an integral and efficient manner, those matters related to the legal obligation to provide child support. The Secretary shall have the following powers and functions:
(a) Advise the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/506/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 506 - Administrator; faculties and powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 506 - Administrator; faculties and powers | (1) The Administrator shall have the responsibilities, faculties and powers that are necessary and convenient to execute the provisions set forth by this chapter, including, without it being understood as a limitation, the following:
(a) Take all necessary administrative and judicial steps and actions to ensure complia... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/506a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 506a - Deputy Administrator | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 506a - Deputy Administrator | The Administrator shall designate a Deputy Administrator with the consent of the Secretary, who shall assist him/her in the performance of his/her functions. In the case of absence or temporary disability he/she shall substitute him/her as Acting Administrator and shall perform all attributes in order to comply with th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/506b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 506b - Administrative judge; appointment; powers; organization | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 506b - Administrative judge; appointment; powers; organization | The position of administrative judge is hereby created, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, to address administrative controversies pertaining to the establishment, modification, revision and enforcement of child support obligations, as well as of filiation cases. A maximum... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/506c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 506c - Deputy prosecutor; powers | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 506c - Deputy prosecutor; powers | The Administrator shall be authorized to designate deputy prosecutors to represent the Administration in administrative and judicial forums in all matters authorized by this chapter in which same is a part or has interest. The appointments of the deputy prosecutors shall be for the term determined by the Administrator,... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/506d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 506d - Purchases and supplies | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 506d - Purchases and supplies | All purchases and contracts for supplies and services executed by the Administration shall be made without their being subject to §§ 933 et seq. of Title 3. The Administrator shall make all purchases and execute all contracts for supplies and services through bids, except those for personal and professional services. W... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/507/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 507 - Request for services | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 507 - Request for services | In order to render the services authorized under this chapter, the following shall be deemed as a request for services:
(1) A Title IV-D request for services, as promulgated by the Administrator. Beneficiaries of the Temporary Assistance Program of the Department of the Family that no longer receive such services shall... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/508/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 508 - Economic assistance; eligibility; assignment of right | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 508 - Economic assistance; eligibility; assignment of right | (1) As a condition for eligibility to receive temporary financial assistance, the petitioner or person who receives financial assistance under the category of Temporary Assistance Program of the Department shall assign to the Administration any right to support it might have in its own benefit or in the benefit of any ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/509/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 509 - Service for locating persons; power to investigate | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 509 - Service for locating persons; power to investigate | (a) The Administration shall offer the service of locating the persons who have abandoned their children or who have failed to comply with their obligation to provide child support. To such effect, and in order to obtain and collect support payments, the Administrator shall request any information and assistance he dee... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/509a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 509a - State Register of New Employees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 509a - State Register of New Employees | (1) The Administration shall establish a State Register of New Employees and may establish cooperation agreements with other state agencies or entities to comply with the provisions set forth in this section. Any employer who hires or rehires a person shall send the following information to the Administration:
(a) The ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/510/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 510 - Expedited administrative procedure | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 510 - Expedited administrative procedure | (a) When the services authorized in this chapter are requested, or rendered at the initiative of the Administrator, the Administrator shall issue an expedited administrative procedure for the determination of filiation to establish child support; establish, modify or review the support order, or to demand compliance wi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/510a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 510a - Expedited administrative procedure—Judicial review | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 510a - Expedited administrative procedure—Judicial review | Pursuant to the provisions set forth in §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”, the adversely affected party may, within thirty (30) days from the date of filing of the copy of the notice of the final order or ruling of the administrative judg... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/511/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 511 - Expedited legal procedure—Petition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 511 - Expedited legal procedure—Petition | Judicial procedures under this chapter commence with the filing of a document which contains all the information available and true, sworn under oath or stated under admonishment of perjury, with respect to the petitioner, the obligor (or possible obligors) and the obligee, to wit:
(a) Name and residential and mailing ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/512/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 512 - Expedited legal procedure—Examiners | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 512 - Expedited legal procedure—Examiners | (1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall provide, pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, for the appointment of a sufficient number of examiners to preside over the child support and filiation hearings in order to guarantee an expedited procedure in these cases. The examiners shall be attached to the Super... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/513/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 513 - Expedited legal procedure—Agreements or stipulations | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 513 - Expedited legal procedure—Agreements or stipulations | When the parties reach an agreement on support, it shall be submitted to the Examiner for his/her approval according to the Mandatory Guides to Fix and Modify Support Payments in Puerto Rico, adopted as provided in this chapter. Nevertheless, the Examiner at his/her discretion, may direct that an informal hearing be co... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/514/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 514 - Expedited legal procedure—Notice of action | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 514 - Expedited legal procedure—Notice of action | (1)
(a) Upon filing a petition or brief in the court regarding the obligation of providing support, including those in which support is claimed for a spouse, ex spouse, or any other relative who has the custody of the minors and the defendant resides in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the clerk of the court shall imme... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/515/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 515 - Expedited legal procedure—Compulsory discovery of information | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 515 - Expedited legal procedure—Compulsory discovery of information | In all judicial procedures related to support payments, the discovery of the financial status of the obligor and the obligee shall be compulsory.
At the request of any of the parties, the presentation of a certified copy of the income tax return as well as the certification of wages or salary by the employer shall be c... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/516/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 516 - Expedited legal procedure—Provisional support order | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 516 - Expedited legal procedure—Provisional support order | In addition to the provisions of §§ 514, 515, and 517(2) of this title, the examiner shall recommend the fixing of a provisional support pension when, by petition of any of the parties, or for any other reason, the hearing is postponed, information or evidence is lacking, the case is referred to a judge or transferred ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/517/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 517 - Expedited legal procedure—Hearing | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 517 - Expedited legal procedure—Hearing | (1) The examiner shall hold the hearing on support and within a term of twenty (20) days shall submit a report to the court with his/her recommendations containing findings of fact and conclusions of law.
The Rules of Evidence, App. IV of Title 32, shall apply to the proceedings before the examiner.
(2) In cases before... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/518/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 518 - Child support order—Determination, review and modification; mandatory guidelines | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 518 - Child support order—Determination, review and modification; mandatory guidelines | (a) Mandatory guidelines.— The Administrator, in coordination and consultation with the Administrative Director of the Office of Court Administration, shall prepare and adopt guidelines to determine and modify child support of minors. These guidelines shall be approved pursuant to the provisions set forth in §§ 2101 et... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/519/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 519 - Child support order—Manner of payment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 519 - Child support order—Manner of payment | The payment of support can be made, among others, from the wages or salary, or from other income, whether periodic or not, received by the obligor from other sources that are not the product of his/her work such as revenues and interest. In the case of child support the court or the Administrator shall determine the am... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/520/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 520 - Child support order—State collections unit | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 520 - Child support order—State collections unit | (a) The Administration shall establish a state collections unit which shall be responsible for the collection and distribution of all the support payments made in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
All orders making dispositions on support shall indicate that the obligor shall pay said support to the Administrator or the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/521/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 521 - Child support order—Attorney’s fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 521 - Child support order—Attorney’s fees | (1) In any procedure pursuant to this chapter to fix or modify a support order, the court or the administrative judge shall impose on the obligor the payment of attorney’s fees on behalf of the obligee when the latter prevails.
(2) The court or the administrative judge can impose on the obligor the payment of attorney’... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/521a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 521a - Child support order—Payment, collection and distribution | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 521a - Child support order—Payment, collection and distribution | (a) The Administrator may collect, receive, endorse, deposit and distribute the amount of support payments to the obligee as set forth hereinunder:
(1) If the amount received for support payments cannot be remitted promptly to the obligee, the same shall remain under the custody of the aministrator in a special interes... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/522/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 522 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Information | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 522 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Information | (a) When by judgment, order, or by judicial or administrative resolution, the payment of child support has been established, both the obligee and the obligor shall file a form through a motion to the court or the Administrator, which in addition to other information, shall contain the following:
(1) Complete name, resi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/523/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 523 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Income withholding; order and notice | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 523 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Income withholding; order and notice | (1)
(a) The court, the Administrator, or the Administrative Judge, pursuant to the provisions established in this chapter, at the time of establishing or modifying support payments, shall immediately issue an order fixing or modifying support payments and requiring the obligor’s employer or any person who is a disburse... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/524/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 524 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Attachment of assets | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 524 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Attachment of assets | (1) Child support payments, including any related penalties, fees or costs in arrears for more than thirty (30) days constitute an encumbrance for the amount of the payment over all the income of assets, real and movable property of the obligor. Such encumbrance arises as a matter of law, notwithstanding any other legi... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/525/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 525 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Withholding state tax refunds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 525 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Withholding state tax refunds | (1) The Administrator shall remit to the indebted obligor a notice regarding its intention to refer his/her name to the Secretary of the Treasury for same to withhold his/her state tax refund for the payment of the support debt.
In the notice, the indebted obligor shall be advised of:
(a) The terms of the support and t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/526/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 526 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Federal tax refund withholdings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 526 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Federal tax refund withholdings | The Administrator shall remit to the indebted obligor a notice concerning the intention of referring his/her name to the Federal Internal Revenue Service in order for the latter agency to withhold any federal tax refund to, be used for complying with the child support payments when the payments in arrears of the obligo... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/527/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 527 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Bond or security of payment | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 527 - Measures to assure effective payment of support—Bond or security of payment | The creditor-obligee may, in those cases whereby the obligor has incurred delinquency in the payment of child support on one or more occasions, as provided by Rule 69 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, App. III of Title 32, request that the court or the Administrator or the Court or Administrator, motu proprio, order the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/528/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 528 - Measures to assure effective payment of support— Information about the obligor’s credit | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 528 - Measures to assure effective payment of support— Information about the obligor’s credit | (1) For the purposes of this section, “consumer credit collection agencies” shall mean any public or private natural or juridical person that through the collection of fees or any other form of payment, or through cooperative nonprofit work agreements is engaged regularly, in whole or in part, in the practice of compil... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/528a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 528a - Additional methods to assure effective payment of support | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 528a - Additional methods to assure effective payment of support | (1) It shall be a condition for obtaining or keeping a license, permit, endorsement, or an occupational, professional, recreational, sports privilege, or of any other type, such as a driver’s license, occupational or professional license, target shooting license, business license, weapons license, or to be hired and em... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/528a-1/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 528a-1 - Certification of child support indebtedness | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 528a-1 - Certification of child support indebtedness | In the case of the of the death of any person, it shall be the duty of any administrator, executor or trustee, or of any of these who acts in Puerto Rico, or of any sub-administrator, agent or person authorized to administer his/her properties or any part thereof in Puerto Rico, to solicit from the Administrator a cert... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/529/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 529 - Additional measures—Other remedies | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 529 - Additional measures—Other remedies | The remedies provided herein are in addition to existing ones that are not incompatible therewith.
The civil or criminal contempt procedures brought before the court, with the resulting imprisonment of the obligor who has failed to meet his/her obligations or comply with the orders issued by the court or the Administra... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/529a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 529a - Administrative ascertainment to enforce compliance with child support in interstate cases | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 529a - Administrative ascertainment to enforce compliance with child support in interstate cases | (1) The Administrator is hereby authorized to approve the rules and regulations needed to establish an expeditious administrative procedure to enforce the child support obligations in interstate cases, when Puerto Rico is the initiating or appealed state and the use of the provisions of this section is more expeditious... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25/530/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530)›§ 530 - Penalties; administrative fines | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25 - Special Child Support Act (§§ 501 — 530) › § 530 - Penalties; administrative fines | (a) Any person who intentionally discloses, publishes, abuses or instigates the use of any information obtained pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall incur a misdemeanor. Any employee or officer who due to negligence, action or omission discloses, offers or publishes any confidential information shall be sub... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/541-541b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§§ 541—541b - Repealed. Act July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 904, eff. July 2, 2015 | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › §§ 541—541b - Repealed. Act July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 904, eff. July 2, 2015 | History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 1.101; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/541a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 541a - State tribunal [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 541a - State tribunal [Repealed] | History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 1.102; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/541b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 541b - Cumulative remedies [Repealed] | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 541b - Cumulative remedies [Repealed] | History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 1.103; Repealed. Act. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/542/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 542 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 542 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident | In a proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine parentage, a tribunal of Puerto Rico may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if:
(1) The individual is personally served within Puerto Rico;
(2) the individual submits to... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/542a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 542a - Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 542a - Procedure when exercising jurisdiction over nonresident | A tribunal of Puerto Rico exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident under § 542 of this title may apply § 543o of this title to receive evidence from another state, and § 543q of this title to obtain discovery through a tribunal of another state. In all other respects, §§ 543–548 of this title do not apply an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/542b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 542b - Initiating and responding tribunal of state | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 542b - Initiating and responding tribunal of state | Under this chapter, a tribunal of Puerto Rico may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state.
History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 2.203. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/542c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 542c - Simultaneous proceedings in another state | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 542c - Simultaneous proceedings in another state | (a) A tribunal of Puerto Rico may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state only if:
(1) The petition or comparable pleading in Puerto Rico is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state for filing... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/542d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 542d - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 542d - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction | (a) A tribunal of Puerto Rico issuing a support order consistent with the law of Puerto Rico has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a child-support order:
(1) As long as Puerto Rico remains the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or
(2) unti... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/542e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 542e - Enforcement and modification of support order by tribunal having continuing jurisdicti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 542e - Enforcement and modification of support order by tribunal having continuing jurisdiction | (a) A tribunal of Puerto Rico may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce or modify a support order issued in that state.
(b) A tribunal of Puerto Rico having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce or modify the order... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/542f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 542f - Recognition of controlling child-support order | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 542f - Recognition of controlling child-support order | (a) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and only one tribunal has issued a child-support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be so recognized.
(b) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter, and two or more child-support orders have been issued by tribunals of Puerto Rico or another state w... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/542g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 542g - Multiple child-support orders for two or more obligees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 542g - Multiple child-support orders for two or more obligees | In responding to multiple registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state, a tribunal of Puerto Rico shall enforce those orders in ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/542h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 542h - Credit for payments | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 542h - Credit for payments | Amounts collected and credited for a particular period pursuant to a support order issued by a tribunal of another state must be credited against the amounts accruing or accrued for the same period under a support order issued by the tribunal of Puerto Rico.
History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 2.209. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543 - Proceedings under this chapter | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543 - Proceedings under this chapter | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this section applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
(b) This chapter provides for the following proceedings:
(1) Establishment of an order for spousal support or child support pursuant to § 544 of this title;
(2) enforcement of a support order and income-withhol... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543a - Action by minor parent | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543a - Action by minor parent | A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor’s child.
History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 3.302. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543b - Application of law of state | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543b - Application of law of state | Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a responding tribunal of Puerto Rico:
(1) Shall apply the procedural and substantive law, including the rules on choice of law, generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in Puerto Rico and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those pro... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543c - Duties of initiating tribunal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543c - Duties of initiating tribunal | (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of Puerto Rico shall forward three (3) copies of the petition and its accompanying documents:
(1) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state, or
(2) if the identity of the responding tr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543d - Duties and powers of responding tribunal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543d - Duties and powers of responding tribunal | (a) When a responding tribunal of Puerto Rico receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to § 543(c) of this title, it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
(b) A responding tribunal of Puerto Rico, to the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543e - Inappropriate tribunal | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543e - Inappropriate tribunal | If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of Puerto Rico, it shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal in Puerto Rico or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 3.306. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543f/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543f - Duties of support enforcement agency | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543f - Duties of support enforcement agency | (a) A support enforcement agency of Puerto Rico, upon request, shall provide services to a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter.
(b) A support enforcement agency that is providing services to the petitioner as appropriate shall:
(1) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal in Puerto Rico or a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543g/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543g - Duty of the Attorney General | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543g - Duty of the Attorney General | If the Attorney General determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the Attorney General may order the agency to perform its duties under this chapter or may provide those services directly to the individual.
History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 3.308. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543h/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543h - Private counsel | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543h - Private counsel | An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.
History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 3.309. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543i/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543i - Duties of state information agency | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543i - Duties of state information agency | (a) The Administration for Child Support is the state information agency under this chapter.
(b) The state information agency shall:
(1) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in Puerto Rico which have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in Puerto Ric... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543j/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543j - Pleadings and accompanying documents | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543j - Pleadings and accompanying documents | (a) A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage in a proceeding under this chapter must verify the petition. Unless otherwise ordered under § 543k of this title, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social secu... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543k/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543k - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543k - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances | Upon a finding, which may be made ex parte, that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be unreasonably put at risk by the disclosure of identifying information, or if an existing order so provides, a tribunal shall order that the address of the child or party or other identifying information not be d... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543l/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543l - Costs and fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543l - Costs and fees | (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.
(b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee’s witnesses. The tri... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543m/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543m - Limited immunity of petitioner | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543m - Limited immunity of petitioner | (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.
(b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil pr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543n/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543n - Nonparentage as defense | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543n - Nonparentage as defense | A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this chapter.
History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 3.315. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543o/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543o - Special rules of evidence and procedure | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543o - Special rules of evidence and procedure | (a) The physical presence of the petitioner in a responding tribunal of Puerto Rico is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgement determining parentage.
(b) A verified petition, affidavit, document substantially complying with federally mandated f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543p/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543p - Communications between tribunals | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543p - Communications between tribunals | A tribunal of Puerto Rico may communicate with a tribunal of another state in writing, or by telephone or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws of that state, the legal effect of a judgement, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of a proceeding in the other state. A tribunal of Puerto Rico... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543q/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543q - Assistance with discovery | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543q - Assistance with discovery | (1) A tribunal of Puerto Rico may:
(a) Request a tribunal of another state to assist in obtaining discovery, and
(b) upon request, compel a person over whom it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal of another state.
History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 3.318. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/543r/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 543r - Receipt and disbursement of payments | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 543r - Receipt and disbursement of payments | A support enforcement agency or tribunal of Puerto Rico shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and date... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/544/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 544 - Petition to establish support order | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 544 - Petition to establish support order | (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of Puerto Rico may issue a support order if:
(1) The individual seeking the order resides in another state, or
(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order is located in another state.
(b) The tribunal m... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/544a/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 544a - Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 544a - Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state | An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent to the person or entity defined as the obligor’s employer under the income-withholding law of Puerto Rico without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of Puerto Rico.
History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/544b/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 544b - Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 544b - Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state | (a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
(b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of Puerto Rico.
(c) Except as ot... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/544c/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 544c - Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 544c - Compliance with multiple income-withholding orders | If an obligor’s employer receives multiple income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the multiple orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/544d/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 544d - Immunity from civil liability | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 544d - Immunity from civil liability | An employer who complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this section is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer’s withholding of child support from the obligor’s income.
History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 5.504. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-25a/544e/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422)›Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c)›§ 544e - Penalties for noncompliance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 25A - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 541-541b — 548c) › § 544e - Penalties for noncompliance | An employer who willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued by another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of Puerto Rico.
History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 5.505. |
Subsets and Splits
Unemployment Word Count by State
Calculates the total word count of documents related to unemployment in each state, revealing insights into the volume of unemployment-related content by location.
CO Title 8 Word Count
Calculates the total number of words in the content of entries related to 'Title 8' in Colorado, providing insight into the volume of text data available for that specific category and state.