P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 2699j
The court shall issue the decree authorizing the adoption in every case in which it concludes that the requested adoption is conducive to the welfare and the best interests of the adoptee. Provided, That the prior relationship through ties of consanguinity, or affinity or provisional custody authorized by the Department of the Family or a competent court, shall be fundamental in the decision of the court.
The contents of the judicial decree shall provide for all that is necessary to establish the new filiation of the adoptee, with specific reference to the full name and surnames of the adoptee and the adopters as well as all other specific circumstances which will allow his/her registration in the Vital Statistics Registry with the information required by law.
The court shall include as part of the judicial adoption decree the contents of the new birth certificate of the adoptee, with its addenda, which shall be forwarded to the Vital Statistics Registry. This requirement is essential and indispensable for the validity and effectiveness of the judicial decree.
History —Jan. 19, 1995, No. 9, § 11; Aug. 12, 1996, No. 127, § 2.