P.R. Laws tit. 8, § 624
(a) Once a petition for an order for protection has been filed according to the provisions of this chapter, the court will issue a summons to the parties under admonishment of contempt, for an appearance within a term that shall not exceed five (5) days.
(b) The service of the summons and a copy of the petition shall be done in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure of Puerto Rico, App. III of Title 32, and shall be served by a marshal of the court or by any other law enforcement officer as soon as possible, and shall have preference over any other type of summons, except those of a similar nature. The court shall keep a file for each case, in which every summons issued under the law shall be registered.
(c) Nonappearance of any person duly summoned under the scope of this chapter shall be punishable as contempt of the court which issued the summons.
(d) When the petition is filed, service thereof shall be performed as established in the Rules of Civil Procedure of Puerto Rico, App. III of Title 32.
(e) By request of the petitioner, the court may direct that service of the summons be made by any person over eighteen (18) years of age who is not a party to the case.
History —Aug. 15, 1989, No. 54, p. 199, § 2.4, eff. 90 days after Aug. 15, 1989.