P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 567
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The person obliged to render support may, if he so elects, either pay the amount required to be paid, or receive and maintain in his own dwelling the person having a right to such support.
The option granted to the supporter to receive and keep the one supported in his own home may be refused by him by virtue of legal, moral or social reasons or for any reasonable cause that justifies the refusal of the offer.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 148; Sept. 11, 1979, No. 5, p. 958, § 2.