There are many cases in which for reasons of distance, love, or simply it is no longer possible to legally preserve the marriage between spouses. Sometimes it is the best to dissolve the marriage bond that unite you to a person, and especially if that person is in another country where you are!

One of the basic and essential requirements to obtain a divorce in Mexico, is that civil marriage has been celebrated in Mexico and/or the last marital home had also been established in Mexico. But also sufficient to show that the marriage was celebrated in Mexico, and their last address together as marriage, was in another country, like the United States.

In Mexico, currently is enough that one of the couple in the marriage wants to divorce so that it can be done this petition with the court, is no longer necessary to prove grounds for it. Perhaps you are wondering, how will I file this petition if I am in the U.S.? It all starts with the initial petition for divorce, this petition will must attach a proposed agreement, where will specify: who will have the custody of minor children; visitation rights; alimony; the proposed distribution of the properties. The good news is that this kind of trial can be made from abroad through legal representation, through giving Consular Power of Attorney to a particular person, which serves to act on the Court of Mexico as if the foreigner was on the spot.

Once the divorce trial begins, the judge in Mexico must request through rogatory letter the support from a Judge of the Family Court in the United States, so he on behalf of his Mexican counterpart, notify the petition in question, giving the opportunity to obtain a divorce from abroad, without the need to be present at the court of your country of origin. To learn more about this topic, I invite you to visit our blog.