P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 503
Parents and children, spouses, ex-spouses and relatives are reciprocally obligated to help each other and to support each other financially, as provided in the Civil Code and in the interpretative jurisprudence. The parents of a minor are responsible for his/her support and the court or the Administrator can order them to pay a just and reasonable amount for support pursuant to § 518 of this title. The duty to support the children continues even when, by court order or administrative order, the minor has been placed in a foster home or when, for purposes of protection, the minor is in custody of another person or a public or private agency or institution. In cases in which the physical and mental health of the minor as well as his/her educational and vocational needs and aptitudes require it, the parents’ obligation may continue even after the minor has attained the age of twenty-one (21).
History —Dec. 30, 1986, No. 5, p. 887, art. III, § 4; Dec. 18, 1997, No. 169, § 2; Aug. 1, 2003, No. 178, § 3.