Custodia

When you and the other parent share parental authority over the child and cannot agree on a decision, the judge can hold a hearing to decide which parent will exercise their parental authority on that particular issue. If disagreements between you and the other parent are affecting how shared parental authority is being carried out, the judge can: 

• give partial or complete parental authority to just one of the parents;
• divide parental authority over the more problematic issues between the parents; or
• order shared parental authority but sole custody to one parent.¹

The judge may delay their decision to give you and the other parent a chance to go through mediation or other processes to resolve the issues or handle other matters related to your child’s upbringing.¹ However, mediation and similar alternatives are usually not advised when there has been domestic violence in the relationship. 

¹  31 L.P.R.A. § 7291