P.R. Laws tit. 32, § 2699k
The judicial adoption resolution or decree shall be issued not later than five (5) days after the adoption hearing has been held. The judicial decree shall be notified exclusively to the parties interested in the proceedings related to the adoption and filed in the record. Said notice and filing shall be carried out not later than five (5) days from the date the adoption decree has been issued. Said notice shall be forwarded to the interested parties and the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the Department of Health. The notice to the former parent or parents of the adoptee shall make no reference whatsoever to the identity of the adopting parent or parents.
The abovementioned notice shall be sent to the address of record of each of the parties and their attorneys. The resolution issued shall be final and binding ten (10) days after the notice has been filed. Should there be no known or available address on record, the aforesaid notice shall be made through an edict published in a newspaper of general public circulation in Puerto Rico. The edict shall not contain any information which may identify the adoptee or the adopting parents. The resolution issued shall be final and binding ten (10) days after the edict has been published.
History —Jan. 19, 1995, No. 9, § 12.