P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 211l-9
The Department shall establish, through regulations, the necessary organizational and administrative procedures in order to:
(a) Determine in each case, which person or persons are obligated to provide for the elderly person who receives the benefits of the Secretariat.
(b) Locate the persons who have the legal obligation to provide for him.
(c) Determine, in conjunction with the provider, whenever possible, the amount that he must contribute for the support of the elderly person, taking into account the needs of the elderly person and the resources of the provider. Once an agreement has been reached, the parties shall sign a stipulation whose terms may be exacted in the courts of Puerto Rico as of the date on which the document is signed.
(d) To file actions for support in the courts of Puerto Rico in those cases in which a stipulation cannot be reached as provided by § 27 of this act, to subrogate in the support rights of the elderly, pursuant to what is provided by §§ 211 l -5—211 l -10 of this title. The contribution that the court determines shall be exactable from the moment the Department requires it from the provider.
History —June 30, 1968, No. 171, p. 614, added as § 27 on May 29, 1984, No. 32, p. 70; renumbered as § 35 on July 12, 1985, No. 106, p. 355, § 12; renumbered as § 23 on Dec. 30, 1986, No. 5, p. 887, art. 34 of § XVI, which was renumbered as art. 35, § XVII on Aug. 17, 1994, No. 86, art. 37; Sept. 2, 2000, No. 331, § 8.