P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 617
2019-02-20
Whenever both parents or any one of them have interests opposed to those of their unemancipated children in any matter, the Court of First Instance shall appoint a defender for the latter, who shall represent them in or out of Court.
The Court of First Instance shall appoint as defender, on petition of either parent, the minor himself, the prosecuting attorney, or any other person capable of appearing in a suit, the minor’s relative, who would act as his legal tutor in a proper case, and in his absence, to another relative or any other person.
History —Civil Code, 1903, § 160; July 21, 1977, No. 10, p. 560.