P.R. Laws tit. 3, § 295a
Family Advocates shall act as the legal counsel for the claimant in the following matters:
(a) In proceedings concerning judicial authorizations, declarations of heirs and judicial administration when the amount of the property subject to proceedings does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000);
(b) in proceedings concerning emancipations, filiation, adoption, determination of disability and guardianship in relation to which there is no property whatsoever involved, or if there is, the amount of such a property does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000);
(c) in proceedings concerning dispensations from familial relations;
(d) in habeas corpus proceedings in which the unlawful detention does not arise from any criminal proceeding whatsoever;
(e) in incidences of contempt of court orders or sentences in relation to the proceedings indicated in this section;
(f) in criminal or civil proceedings concerning claims or failure to comply with support obligations;
(g) of the claimant in criminal or civil proceedings concerning the abandonment of minors before the Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico that, in the judgment of the District Attorney, merit their intervention, or
(h) in any other matter that the Secretary assigns as part of the public policy on family matters.
History —Aug. 9, 2004, No. 205, § 76.