P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 346
All elderly persons, on their own, or by their tutor, or through a public official, police officer or private person concerned for their welfare, may go, before the Unit to Investigate and Prosecute Civil Rights Violations of the Department of Justice, or before the Office of the District Attorney of the Judicial Center closest to their residence, or before any part of the Court of First Instance of the judicial district where they reside, to claim any right or benefit enacted in this chapter or to request the suspension of any action which contravenes its provisions. The district attorneys and the courts shall grant priority to the actions brought by virtue of this section. The courts shall have the power to appoint legal counsel or a judicial defender for the elderly persons and issue any order or judgment pursuant to law which may be needed to implement the provisions of this chapter. Noncompliance of the orders and judgments issued by the court by virtue of this section shall constitute civil contempt.
History —July 12, 1986, No. 121, p. 389, § 6; Dec. 26, 1997, No. 192, § 3.