P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 1183
The court, taking into account the best interests and safety of the minor, may issue a protection order when it determines that there are sufficient grounds to believe that the minor has either been or is at risk of being the victim of abuse or neglect. Without the following being construed as a limitation, the order shall include:
(a) Award temporary custody of the abused minors, or those at imminent risk of being abused, to the petitioner, the Department of the Family, or the closest relative who guarantees such minors” well-being and safety.
(b) Order the respondent, if he/she has custody of the minors, to move out of the house he/she shares with them, regardless of the right said respondent may claim thereto.
(c) Order the respondent to refrain from bothering, harassing, stalking, intimidating, threatening, or otherwise interfering with the exercise of temporary custody over the minors that has been awarded to the petitioner or to the closest relative to whom it has been granted.
(d) Order the respondent to refrain from coming near or entering any place where the minors are when, at the discretion of the court, such restriction is needed to prevent the respondent from abusing, bothering, intimidating, threatening, or otherwise interfering with the minors.
(e) Order the respondent to pay the rent or mortgage of the house where the minors live when the respondent has been ordered to move out, or to pay child support for the minors if he/she has a legal obligation to do so.
(f) Order the respondent to participate in the programs or receive the treatment needed to stop his/her abusive or neglectful behavior toward the minors.
(g) Order the respondent to pay for the programs or treatment that he/she needs to receive, or that the minors who are victims of abuse or neglect must receive.
(h) Issue any order needed to enforce the purposes and public policy set forth this chapter.
History —Dec. 16, 2011, No. 246, § 65, eff. 90 days after Dec. 16, 2011.