P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 621a
2019-02-20 00:00:00+00
The court shall not issue mutual restraining orders to the parties, unless each of the parties:
(a) Has filed an independent petition requesting a protection order against the other party;
(b) has been notified of the petition filed by the other party;
(c) proves in an evidentiary hearing that the other party incurred conduct which constitutes domestic violence, and
(d) proves that the domestic violence did not occur within a self-defense context.
History —Aug. 15, 1989, No. 54, p. 199, added as § 2.1A on Apr. 23, 2004, No. 100, § 2.