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(a) A tribunal of Puerto Rico may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act to determine that the petitioner is a parent of a particular child or to determine that a respondent is a parent of that child.(b) In a proceeding to determine parentage, a responding tribunal of Puerto Rico shall apply the Uniform Parentage Act, the procedural and substantive law of Puerto Rico and the rules of Puerto Rico on choice of law. History —Dec. 20, 1997, No. 180, art. 7.701.