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Legislative Initiative on Temporary Marriages Promoted in Mexico in the Face of Rising Divorces
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Temporary marriages: a surprising proposal from a 'conservative' place
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July 4, 2025 – Guadalajara (Mexico) – EFE. A deputy from Jalisco, Enrique Velázquez, presented an innovative proposal that proposes temporary marriage contracts with option for renewal. This initiative seeks to offer new alternatives to young generations and reduce the administrative burden of the courts before the increasing number of divorces. According to Velázquez, the contracts could last from two to ten years, according to the agreement of…
Guadalajara (Mexico), 4 Jul (EFE).- Temporary marriage contracts with option to renewal is the new legislative proposal that seeks to offer alternatives to younger generations and reduce the administrative burden of the courts before the high demand for divorces, explained this Friday its promoter, Enrique Velázquez, deputy of the state of Jalisco, in the west of Mexico. “(Can be) two, three, four, five years, but you can give him 8 years or 10 …
Temporary marriage contracts with option to renewal is the new legislative proposal that seeks to offer alternatives to younger generations and reduce the administrative burden of the courts before the high demand for divorces, explained this Friday its promoter, Enrique Velázquez, deputy of the state of Jalisco, in the west of Mexico.
Temporary marriage contracts with option to renewal is the new legislative proposal promoted by deputy Enrique Velázquez, of the state of Jalisco, in the west of Mexico. The aim is to offer modern alternatives to the new generations and reduce the burden of family courts, saturated by the high number of divorces. “It can be two, three, four or five years, even eight or ten. Whatever the couple wants,” explained Velázquez, representative of the p…
If approved, the initiative would set a precedent in the country, where there are currently only the figures of indefinite marriage and family cohabitation or concubinate.
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