P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 719
The court shall order dispositive measures it deems necessary, which shall govern the person or the property of the drug addict until judgment is rendered.
The guardian shall render a guardianship report annually. The court may provide that the incompetent person be hospitalized or receives outpatient treatment in a private or public institution which the court may deem suitable for rehabilitation. The court shall conduct periodic review hearings to rigorously follow-up the progress of the incompetent person. Failure to obey the orders of the court shall constitute civil contempt.
It shall be the duty of the guardian to prove to the court, under oath, and under the penalty of losing the guardianship, that he/she submitted the incompetent person to a rehabilitation program. Along with the guardian, a court expert shall testify whether or not rehabilitation was achieved and shall present adequate expert evidence to determine whether the rehabilitation was achieved, in order to terminate the incompetence.
The guardian may use the income of the person under guardianship from any public or private source for the payment of his/her treatment costs, whether the treatment is ambulatory or hospitalized.
History —Civil Code, 1930, added as § 193C on Jan. 11, 1998, No. 29, § 2.