Each state regulates it differently. In Jalisco, on May 6, a reform was published that seeks to facilitate the establishment of concubinage. Until before the reform of May 6, the concubinage was configured if “an unmarried man and woman live as if they were spouses, for 5 years or more”. Or also if after 3...Read More

An administrative divorce is a divorce that can be declared by an authority other than a Judge. Family matters are regulated differently in each state. In Jalisco, last May 6, a reform to the Civil Code was published that allows for an “administrative divorce” (before the Institute of Alternative Justice), in any case where there...Read More

Yes, there is a legal possibility that grandparents may be obligated to pay child support to their grandchildren, but there are several hurdles to jump before the obligation can be imposed on the grandparents. The grandparents’ obligation to pay child support is secondary. That is to say, it only becomes effective if the parents are...Read More

In normal situations, both. The right that parents have to represent the children (in proceedings, signing contracts, contracts, etc.) is the right of “parental authority”. And both parents have it, by the mere fact of being their parents. The fact that the parents are separated does not deprive either of them of the right of...Read More