P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 448e
(a) A copy of every protection order must be filed with the Office of the Clerk of the Court that issues the same. The Office of Clerk of the Court shall provide a copy thereof, at the request of the parties or of any interested party. Said office shall also simultaneously notify the father, mother, or person responsible for the minor, the local office of the Department, and the Office of Minors’ and Family Affairs of the corresponding judicial region, the Court of First Instance, Family Relations Part or Minors Affairs Part, and the police station closest to the home of the minor, within twenty-four (24) hours of its issuance.
(b) Any order issued under this chapter must be notified to the respondent personally, whether by a marshal of the court, a law enforcement order officer, or any person over eighteen (18) years of age who is not a party to the case; or according to the procedure established in the Rules of Civil Procedure, App. IV of Title 32.
(c) The Office of the Clerk of the Court shall send a copy of the orders issued under this chapter to the police dependency in charge of keeping a record of all protection orders thus issued. Furthermore, a copy of the order shall be forwarded to the police station closest to the home of the minor. A copy of the order shall also be forwarded to the Child Support Administration when the same provides for the payment of child support.
The Department of the Family shall provide the necessary services to the minor for whose benefit a protection order is issued.
History —Aug. 1, 2003, No. 177, § 62; Sept. 29, 2004, No. 510, § 16.