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https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-vi/1185/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VI - Protection Orders (§§ 1181 — 1188)›§ 1185 - Content of protection orders | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VI - Protection Orders (§§ 1181 — 1188) › § 1185 - Content of protection orders | All protection orders must specifically indicate the orders issued by the court, the remedies dictated, and the time for which it shall be in effect. All protection orders must state the date and time they were issued and specifically notify the respondent that any violation thereof shall constitute contempt of court, ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-vi/1186/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VI - Protection Orders (§§ 1181 — 1188)›§ 1186 - Notice to parties and law enforce... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VI - Protection Orders (§§ 1181 — 1188) › § 1186 - Notice to parties and law enforcement agencies | (a) A copy of every protection order shall be filed with the Office of the Clerk of Court that issues the same. The Office of the Clerk of Court shall provide a copy thereof at the request of the parties or of any other interested party. The father, mother, or person responsible for the minor, the local office of the D... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-vi/1187/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VI - Protection Orders (§§ 1181 — 1188)›§ 1187 - Failure to comply with a protecti... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VI - Protection Orders (§§ 1181 — 1188) › § 1187 - Failure to comply with a protection order | Failure to comply with a protection order issued by virtue of this chapter shall constitute a fourth degree felony and be penalized accordingly.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 11 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure, as amended, even if there were no order to that effect, all law enforcement officers must make an... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-vi/1188/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VI - Protection Orders (§§ 1181 — 1188)›§ 1188 - Forms | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VI - Protection Orders (§§ 1181 — 1188) › § 1188 - Forms | The Office of Courts Administration shall provide the protection order forms, which shall allow for including, at least, the information of the parties, the allegations, and the court’s determination. The Office of Courts Administration may modify said forms when deemed convenient for the purposes of this chapter.
Hist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-vii/1191/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197)›§ 1191 - R... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197) › § 1191 - Reports on institutional abuse and institutional ... | Reports on institutional abuse and institutional neglect shall be made by the Department of the Family. However, the Department of Justice shall be the government entity responsible for conducting the corresponding investigation when institutional abuse and institutional neglect occur or are suspected of occurring in a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-vii/1192/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197)›§ 1192 - P... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197) › § 1192 - Petition for remedy to investigate institutional ... | At any time during the investigation of an institutional abuse or institutional neglect referral, the official designated by the Department who is prevented from doing his/her job may appear before the court and declare under oath, briefly and simply, using a form prepared for this purpose by the Office of Courts Admin... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-vii/1193/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197)›§ 1193 - E... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197) › § 1193 - Emergency procedures in cases of institutional ab... | Any relative or interested party, as well as any physician, teacher, officer of the institution where the minor is found or undergoing treatment, or social worker or Family Services Technician of the Department shall report such fact to the Department’s Abuse Hotline, the Puerto Rico Police Department, or the local off... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-vii/1194/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197)›§ 1194 - R... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197) › § 1194 - Remedies; institutional abuse, and/or institution... | At any stage of the proceedings where it is determined that there is an emergency situation that endangers the safety, health, or physical, mental, or emotional integrity of a minor as a result of institutional abuse and/or institutional neglect, the court may:
(a) Order that the minor be immediately placed in the cust... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-vii/1195/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197)›§ 1195 - S... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197) › § 1195 - Subsequent proceedings in emergency cases of inst... | Whenever emergency proceedings are initiated, the hearing of such cases before the Court of First Instance shall be held within twenty (20) days after the initial hearing is held. The court shall issue a written notice to be served ten (10) days prior to the hearing on the merits. The written notice shall contain the f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-vii/1196/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197)›§ 1196 - P... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197) › § 1196 - Progress reports | The Department or the Department of Justice shall submit periodic evaluation reports with the information and within the term required by the court. The evaluation reports shall include information on the condition and progress of the institution in addressing the circumstances that led to the petition, as well as the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-vii/1197/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197)›§ 1197 - F... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VII - Institutional Abuse and/or Institutional Neglect (§§ 1191 — 1197) › § 1197 - Final disposition hearing | The court shall hold a final disposition hearing of the case within a term that shall not exceed six (6) months from the date of notification, as provided in § 1152 of this title. In any case decided pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the court shall rule in favor of the best interests of the minor, according ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-viii/1201/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206)›§ 1201 - Comprehensive child well-being... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206) › § 1201 - Comprehensive child well-being and protection plan | Every two years, the Department shall prepare a Comprehensive Child Well-being and Protection Plan to serve as a guide for the implementation of the public policy established in this chapter. The plan shall reflect the progress in the implementation of the act and shall be prepared after multi-sector consultation with ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-viii/1202/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206)›§ 1202 - Reports | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206) › § 1202 - Reports | The Department shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly on the prevention of and treatment in situations of abuse, institutional abuse, neglect, and institutional neglect not later than June 1st of each year. The Legislative Assembly shall remit a copy of said report to the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-viii/1203/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206)›§ 1203 - Rulemaking authority | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206) › § 1203 - Rulemaking authority | The Department shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this Act pursuant to the provisions of §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Rico,” not later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of this act.
History —... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-viii/1204/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206)›§ 1204 - Transitory provision | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206) › § 1204 - Transitory provision | The regulations of the Department shall remain in effect until new regulations are approved.
History —Dec. 16, 2011, No. 246, § 81, eff. 90 days after Dec. 16, 2011. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-viii/1205/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206)›§ 1205 - Authority to contract | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206) › § 1205 - Authority to contract | The Secretary of the Family shall have the necessary and convenient powers and authority to enforce the provisions and achieve the purposes of this chapter. He/she may enter into contracts, reach agreements, and coordinate with government and nongovernmental agencies and entities, the Judicial Branch, and with any othe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-42/subchapter-viii/1206/ | 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 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206)›Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206)›§ 1206 - Construction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 42 - Child Safety, Well-being, and Protection Act (§§ 1101 — 1206) › Subchapter VIII - Special Provisions (§§ 1201 — 1206) › § 1206 - Construction | The provisions of this chapter shall be construed in favor of the protection, well-being, safety, and best interests of the minor.
History —Dec. 16, 2011, No. 246, § 83, eff. 90 days after Dec. 16, 2011. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-i/1291/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 1291 — 1294)›§ 1291 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 1291 — 1294) › § 1291 - Definitions | In this chapter:
(1) Child.— Means an individual whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual’s parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent.
(2) Child-support order.— Means a support order for a child, i... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-i/1292/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 1291 — 1294)›§ 1292 - State tribunal and support enforcement a... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 1291 — 1294) › § 1292 - State tribunal and support enforcement agency | (a) The Administration for Child Support (ASUME) and the General Court of Justice are the tribunals of Puerto Rico.
(b) ASUME is the support enforcement agency of Puerto Rico
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 103. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-i/1293/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 1291 — 1294)›§ 1293 - Remedies cumulative | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 1291 — 1294) › § 1293 - Remedies cumulative | (a) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law, or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
(b) This chapter does not:
(1) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of Puerto Rico... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-i/1294/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 1291 — 1294)›§ 1294 - Application of chapter to resident of a ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter I - General Provisions (§§ 1291 — 1294) › § 1294 - Application of chapter to resident of a foreign country and foreign support proceeding | (a) A tribunal of Puerto Rico shall apply §§ 1291—1386 of this title and, as applicable, §§ 1391—1403 of this title, to a support proceeding involving:
(1) A foreign support order;
(2) a foreign tribunal; or
(3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
(b) A tribunal of Puerto Rico that is requested... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ii/1301/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311)›§ 1301 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311) › § 1301 - Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident | (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, 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 or notified within Puerto Rico;
(2) the ind... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ii/1302/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311)›§ 1302 - Duration of personal jurisdiction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311) › § 1302 - Duration of personal jurisdiction | Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of Puerto Rico in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of Puerto Rico relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of Puerto Rico has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ii/1303/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311)›§ 1303 - Initiating and responding tribunal of state | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311) › § 1303 - Initiating and responding tribunal of state | Under this chapter, a tribunal of Puerto Rico may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 203. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ii/1304/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311)›§ 1304 - Simultaneous proceedings | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311) › § 1304 - Simultaneous proceedings | (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 or a foreign country only if:
(1) The petition or comparable pleading in Puerto Rico is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ii/1305/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311)›§ 1305 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311) › § 1305 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order | (a) A tribunal of Puerto Rico that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of Puerto Rico has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order and:
(1) At the time of the filing of a request for modification Puerto Rico is the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ii/1306/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311)›§ 1306 - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-supp... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311) › § 1306 - Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order | (a) A tribunal of Puerto Rico that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of Puerto Rico may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
(1) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed juri... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ii/1307/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311)›§ 1307 - Determination of controlling child-support or... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311) › § 1307 - Determination 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 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, another state, or a ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ii/1308/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311)›§ 1308 - Child-support orders for two or more obligees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311) › § 1308 - Child-support orders for two or more obligees | In responding to 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 or a foreign country, a tribunal of Puerto Rico shall enforce thos... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ii/1309/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311)›§ 1309 - Credit for payments | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311) › § 1309 - Credit for payments | A tribunal of Puerto Rico shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of Puerto Rico, another state, or a foreign country.
History —July 2, 2... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ii/1310/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311)›§ 1310 - Application of act to nonresident subject to ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311) › § 1310 - Application of act to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction | A tribunal of Puerto Rico exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of Puerto Rico relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside Puerto Rico pursuant to § 1336 of this title, communicate with a tribunal... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ii/1311/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311)›§ 1311 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter II - Jurisdiction (§§ 1301 — 1311) › § 1311 - Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order | (a) A tribunal of Puerto Rico issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of Puerto Rico has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
(b) A tribunal of Puerto Rico may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1321/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1321 - Proceedings under... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1321 - Proceedings under this chapter | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may commence a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1322/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1322 - Proceeding by min... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1322 - Proceeding 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 —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 302. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1323/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1323 - Application of la... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1323 - Application of law of state | Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of Puerto Rico shall:
(1) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in Puerto Rico and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and
(2) determine the duty of... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1324/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1324 - Duties of initiat... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1324 - Duties of initiating tribunal | (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of Puerto Rico shall forward 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 tribunal is unknown, t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1325/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1325 - Duties and powers... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1325 - 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 § 1321(b) 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 th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1326/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1326 - Inappropriate tri... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1326 - Inappropriate tribunal | If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of Puerto Rico, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of Puerto Rico or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 30... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1327/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1327 - Duties of support... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1327 - Duties of support enforcement agency | (a) In a proceeding under this chapter, ASUME, upon request:
(1) Shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;
(2) shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in § 1291(5)(a) or (d) of this title; and
(3) may provide services to ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1328/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1328 - Duty of the Attor... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1328 - Duty of the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Department ... | (a) If the Attorney General determines that ASUME 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.
(b) The Secretary of the Department of State may determine that a... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1329/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1329 - Private counsel | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1329 - Private counsel | An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 309. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1330/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1330 - Duties of state i... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1330 - Duties of state information agency | (a) ASUME is the state information agency under this chapter.
(b) As the state information agency, ASUME 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 Rico and transmit a copy... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1331/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1331 - Pleadings and acc... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1331 - Pleadings and accompanying documents | (a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under § 1332 of this title, the petition or accompany... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1332/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1332 - Nondisclosure of ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1332 - Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances | If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1333/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1333 - Costs and fees | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1333 - 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 of Puerto Rico 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 wit... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1334/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1334 - Limited immunity ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1334 - Limited immunity of petitioner | (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter 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 ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1335/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1335 - Nonparentage as d... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1335 - 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 —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 315. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1336/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1336 - Special rules of ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1336 - Special rules of evidence and procedure | (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a 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 of a child.
(b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1337/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1337 - Communications be... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1337 - Communications between tribunals | A tribunal of Puerto Rico may communicate with a tribunal outside Puerto Rico in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgement, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of a proceeding. A tribunal of Puerto Rico may furnish... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1338/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1338 - Assistance with d... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1338 - Assistance with discovery | A tribunal of Puerto Rico may:
(1) Request a tribunal outside Puerto Rico to assist in obtaining discovery; and
(2) upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside Puerto Rico.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 318. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iii/1339/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339)›§ 1339 - Receipt and disbu... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter III - Civil provisions of general application (§§ 1321 — 1339) › § 1339 - Receipt and disbursement of payments | (a) ASUME or a 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 or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iv/1351/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter IV - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage (§§ 1351 — 1352)›§ 1351... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter IV - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage (§§ 1351 — 1352) › § 1351 - Establishment of support order | (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of Puerto Rico with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:
(1) The individual seeking the order resides outside Puerto Rico; or
(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-iv/1352/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter IV - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage (§§ 1351 — 1352)›§ 1352... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter IV - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage (§§ 1351 — 1352) › § 1352 - Proceeding to determine parentage | A tribunal of Puerto Rico authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 402. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-v/1361/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367)›§ 1361 - Employer’... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367) › § 1361 - Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another... | An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person 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 tri... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-v/1362/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367)›§ 1362 - Employer’... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367) › § 1362 - Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of an... | (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-46/subchapter-v/1363/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367)›§ 1363 - Employer’... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367) › § 1363 - Employer’s compliance with two or more income-withholding... | If an obligor’s employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the 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 alloc... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-v/1364/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367)›§ 1364 - Immunity ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367) › § 1364 - Immunity from civil liability | An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this subchapter 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 —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 504. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-v/1365/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367)›§ 1365 - Penalties... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367) › § 1365 - Penalties for noncompliance | An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in 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 —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 505. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-v/1366/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367)›§ 1366 - Contest b... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367) › § 1366 - Contest by obligor | (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in Puerto Rico by registering the order in a tribunal of Puerto Rico and filing a contest to that order as provided in §§ 1371—1386 of this title, or otherwise contesting th... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-v/1367/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367)›§ 1367 - Administr... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration (§§ 1361 — 1367) › § 1367 - Administrative enforcement of orders | (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to ASUME.
(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initiall... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1371/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1371 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1371 - Registration of order for enforcement | A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in Puerto Rico for enforcement.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 601. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1372/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1372 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1372 - Procedure to register order for enforcement | (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 1396 of this title, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in Puerto Rico by sending the following records to the appropriate tribunal in Puerto Rico:
(1) A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registrat... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1373/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1373 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1373 - Effect of registration for enforcement | (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of Puerto Rico.
(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same pr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1374/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1374 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1374 - Choice of law | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs:
(1) The nature, extent, amount and duration of current payments under a registered support order;
(2) the computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1375/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1375 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1375 - Notice of registration of order | (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of Puerto Rico shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1376/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1376 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1376 - Procedure to contest validity or enforcement o... | (a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in Puerto Rico shall request a hearing within the time required by § 1375 of this title. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the register... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1377/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1377 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1377 - Contest of registration or enforcement | (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:
(1) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party;
(2) the order was obtained by fraud;
(3) the order has ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1378/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1378 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1378 - Confirmed order | Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 608. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1379/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1379 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1379 - Procedure to register child-support order of a... | A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in Puerto Rico in the same manner provided in §§ 1371—1378 of this title if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same t... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1380/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1380 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1380 - Effect of registration for modification | A tribunal of Puerto Rico may enforce a child-support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of Puerto Rico, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of § 1381 or 1383 of this title have been met.
... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1381/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1381 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1381 - Modification of child-support order of another... | (a) If § 1383 of this title does not apply, upon petition a tribunal of Puerto Rico may modify a child-support order issued in another state which is registered in Puerto Rico if, after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds that:
(1) The following requirements are met:
(A) Neither the child, nor the obligee who is an ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1382/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1382 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1382 - Recognition of order modified in another state | If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of Puerto Rico is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to UIFSA, a tribunal of Puerto Rico:
(1) May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;
(2) may provide appropriate relie... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1383/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1383 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1383 - Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of ... | (a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in Puerto Rico and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of Puerto Rico has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child-support order in a proceeding to register that order.
(b) A tribunal of Puerto Rico exercising jurisdictio... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1384/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1384 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1384 - Notice to issuing tribunal of modification | Within thirty (30) days after issuance of a modified child-support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been r... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1385/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1385 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1385 - Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of ... | (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 1401 of this title, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of Puerto Rico may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdicti... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vi/1386/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386)›§ 1386 ... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VI - Registration, Enforcement and Modification of Support Order (§§ 1371 — 1386) › § 1386 - Procedure to register child-support order of f... | A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the Convention may register that order in Puerto Rico under §§ 1371—1378 of this title if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request f... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1391/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1391 - Definitions | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1391 - Definitions | In this subchapter:
(1) Application.— Means a request under the convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority.
(2) Central Authority.— Means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in § 1291(... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1392/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1392 - Applicability | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1392 - Applicability | This subchapter applies only to a support proceeding under the convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of this subchapter is inconsistent with §§ 1291—1386 of this title, this subchapter controls.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 702. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1393/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1393 - Relationship of ASUME... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1393 - Relationship of ASUME to United States Central Authority | ASUME is recognized as the agency designated by the United States Central Authority to perform specific functions under the convention.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 703. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1394/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1394 - Initiation by ASUME o... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1394 - Initiation by ASUME of support proceeding under convention | (a) In a support proceeding under this subchapter, ASUME shall:
(1) Transmit and receive applications; and
(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of Puerto Rico.
(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the convention:
(1) Recogni... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1395/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1395 - Direct request | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1395 - Direct request | (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of Puerto Rico applies.
(b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the ... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1396/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1396 - Registration of conve... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1396 - Registration of convention support order | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a convention support order shall register the order in Puerto Rico as provided in §§ 1371—1386 of this title.
(b) Notwithstanding §§ 1331 y 1372(a) of this title, a request for regist... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1397/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1397 - Contest of registered... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1397 - Contest of registered convention support order | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, §§ 1375—1378 of this title apply to a contest of a registered convention support order.
(b) A party contesting a registered convention support order shall file a contest not later than thirty (30) days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party doe... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1398/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1398 - Recognition and enfor... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1398 - Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a tribunal of Puerto Rico shall recognize and enforce a registered convention support order.
(b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of Puerto Rico may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered convention support ord... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1399/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1399 - Partial enforcement | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1399 - Partial enforcement | If a tribunal of Puerto Rico does not recognize and enforce a convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a convention support order.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 709. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1400/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1400 - Foreign support agree... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1400 - Foreign support agreement | (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a tribunal of Puerto Rico shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in Puerto Rico.
(b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:
(1) A comp... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1401/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1401 - Modification of conve... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1401 - Modification of convention child-support order | (a) A tribunal of Puerto Rico may not modify a convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:
(1) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of Puerto Rico, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without o... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1402/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1402 - Personal information;... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1402 - Personal information; limit on use | Personal information gathered or transmitted under this subchapter may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 712. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-vii/1403/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403)›§ 1403 - Record in original la... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VII - Support Proceeding Under Convention (§§ 1391 — 1403) › § 1403 - Record in original language; English translation | A record filed with a tribunal of Puerto Rico under this subchapter must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 713. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-viii/1411/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VIII - Interstate Rendition (§§ 1411 — 1412)›§ 1411 - Grounds for rendition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VIII - Interstate Rendition (§§ 1411 — 1412) › § 1411 - Grounds for rendition | (a) For purposes of this subchapter, “governor” includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter.
(b) The Governor of Puerto Rico may:
(1) Demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in the other state who is charged cr... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-viii/1412/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter VIII - Interstate Rendition (§§ 1411 — 1412)›§ 1412 - Conditions of rendition | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter VIII - Interstate Rendition (§§ 1411 — 1412) › § 1412 - Conditions of rendition | (a) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in Puerto Rico with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the Governor of Puerto Rico may require a prosecutor of Puerto Rico to demonstrate that at least sixty (60) days previously the obligee had... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ix/1421/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter IX - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1421 — 1422)›§ 1421 - Uniformity of application and con... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter IX - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1421 — 1422) › § 1421 - Uniformity of application and construction | In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 901. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-eight/chapter-46/subchapter-ix/1422/ | 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 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422)›Subchapter IX - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1421 — 1422)›§ 1422 - Transitional provision | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE EIGHT - Public Welfare and Charitable Institutions (§§ 1 — 1422) › Chapter 46 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (§§ 1291 — 1422) › Subchapter IX - Miscellaneous Provisions (§§ 1421 — 1422) › § 1422 - Transitional provision | This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after the effective date of this act to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered.
History —July 2, 2015, No. 103, § 902. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-1/9/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42)›§ 9 - Reconstruction of Commonwealth roads | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42) › § 9 - Reconstruction of Commonwealth roads | The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby authorized and empowered, whenever in his judgment it shall be for the best interests of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and there shall be funds available for the purpose, to reconstruct any section of a road, already built and under maintenance, in order to l... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-1/10/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42)›§ 10 - Reconstruction of Commonwealth roads—Acquisition of land for new section; disposal of old | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42) › § 10 - Reconstruction of Commonwealth roads—Acquisition of land for new section; disposal of old | For the purpose of acquiring the land needed for the right of way of the proposed new section of road to be built in accordance with the provisions of § 9 of this title, the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby authorized and empowered, with the approval of the Governor, to exchange for, or to give in... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-1/11/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42)›§ 11 - Reconstruction of Commonwealth roads—Execution of deeds | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42) › § 11 - Reconstruction of Commonwealth roads—Execution of deeds | The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby authorized and empowered to execute or accept, in the name of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, whatever deeds may be necessary to carry into effect any exchange, sale or transfer of title of lands in pursuance of the provisions hereof.
History —Apr. 12, 1917, N... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-1/12/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42)›§ 12 - Maintenance of Commonwealth roads running through urban zones | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42) › § 12 - Maintenance of Commonwealth roads running through urban zones | The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works is hereby directed to maintain for account of his Department the sections of road running through the urban zones of the towns.
History —Dec. 1, 1917, No. 49, p. 356, § 1. |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-1/13/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42)›§ 13 - Maintenance of Commonwealth roads running through urban zones—Jurisdiction | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42) › § 13 - Maintenance of Commonwealth roads running through urban zones—Jurisdiction | The town roads, which by virtue of §§ 12—18 of this title, are maintained by the Department of Transportation and Public Works shall be considered to be part of state highways and subject to the provisions of law for the conservation and public street police of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Municipalities shall have... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-1/14/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42)›§ 14 - Maintenance of Commonwealth roads running through urban roads—Maintenance; use of bituminous... | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42) › § 14 - Maintenance of Commonwealth roads running through urban roads—Maintenance; use of bituminous materials | The Secretary of Transportation and Public Works shall maintain said sections of roads in the same manner as other roads, and in case the means at his disposal permit he may direct the use of bituminous material in the maintenance of any or all such sections of roads as he may deem advisable.
History —Dec. 1, 1917, No.... |
https://law.justia.com/codes/puerto-rico/title-nine/chapter-1/15/ | PR | Justia›US Law›US Codes and Statutes›Laws of Puerto Rico›2023 Laws of Puerto Rico›TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725)›Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42)›§ 15 - Maintenance of Commonwealth roads running through urban roads—Exemption from maintenance | 2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE NINE - Highways and Traffic (§§ 1-8 — 5725) › Chapter 1 - Construction and Maintenance of Roads (§§ 1-8 — 42) › § 15 - Maintenance of Commonwealth roads running through urban roads—Exemption from maintenance | Such sections of roads through urban zones of municipalities which declare that they do not desire to accept intervention of the Department of Transportation and Public Works in the maintenance of such sections may be exempted from the provisions of §§ 12—18 of this title. Such declaration shall be transmitted to the S... |
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