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Puerto Rico Legal Code

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The Director of the institution or division who is legally entrusted with the duty of looking after orphans or abandoned and handicapped children shall be their tutor. The legal representation of said official in his capacity as tutor shall be assumed by the prosecutor. History —Civil Code, 1930, § 179; July 20, 1979, No. 119, p. 286.