P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 2824
The action shall be commenced by filing a complaint drafted pursuant to the Rules of Civil Procedure for ordinary actions, and after the filing thereof the plaintiff and defendant shall be ordered to appear for a hearing which shall be held within ten (10) days after the date on which the claim was filed.
Provided, That if it is established in such hearing that the notice is issued against a family of established financial insolvency, the Court shall order that the Secretaries of the Departments of the Family and of Housing be served with a copy of the eviction suit filed. These agencies shall evaluate the socioeconomic condition of the family and shall provide them with any social assistance thus justified.
They shall also render a report to the court within a non-extendable term of thirty (30) days, regarding the assistance to which such family is entitled, and which assistance shall be provided.
Provided, further, that if it is determined during such hearing that the notice is to be issued to an elderly person or a person with disabilities, the Court shall order that the Office of the Advocate for the Elderly or the Office of the Disabled Persons Investigating Official be served with a copy of such notice, so that these entities provide them with the assistance so justified.
In addition, these entities shall file with the court within a non-extendable term of thirty (30) days, a report stating the types of assistance to which such person is eligible and the type of assistance to be provided.
History —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 623; June 26, 1980, No. 6, p. 882; Aug. 7, 1998, No. 197, § 1; July 13, 2011, No. 142, § 1.