P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 529
The remedies provided herein are in addition to existing ones that are not incompatible therewith.
The civil or criminal contempt procedures brought before the court, with the resulting imprisonment of the obligor who has failed to meet his/her obligations or comply with the orders issued by the court or the Administrator and thus found guilty of contempt, are incorporated into this chapter as an effective measure to enforce the legal provisions.
Any motion to petition for a contempt order due to noncompliance with child support payments shall be filed, processed, resolved, and notified in writing within a term not to exceed twenty (20) days following the filing thereof.
The notice required to execute these remedies may be given individually or generally appraising the obligee of the existing debt and of the intention of the Administrator to initiate all remedies provided by law.
Provided, That in cases where the court orders imprisonment for contempt due to noncompliance with the support order, house arrest may be ordered insofar as the person under the jurisdiction of the court agrees to meet some of the following conditions:
(1) That he/she shall agree to participate in the work program assigned to him/her by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and accept as compensation an amount equal to that paid to inmates participating in any of the work programs of the Department.
(2) That his/her child support debt does not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(3) That it is the first time that the obligor fails to meet with his/her child support obligations.
(4) That the obligor has not previously attempted to flee the jurisdiction to avoid meeting his/her child support obligations.
(5) That he/she shall meet the conditions imposed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
(6) That he/she shall continue to carry out his/her duties in his/her regular employment.
(7) That he/she shall meet all the conditions imposed by the court.
If the obligor fails to meet the aforementioned conditions, he/she shall be held in contempt of court and imprisonment shall be ordered for such non- custodial parent.
History —Dec. 30, 1986, No. 5, p. 887, art. VII, § 30, renumbered as § 31 on Aug. 17, 1994, No. 86, § 37; July 11, 1996, No. 71, § 1; Dec. 18, 1997, No. 169, § 25; Dec. 21, 2010, No. 212, § 1.