Your spouse won't sign. Can you still get divorced in Nuevo León?

Often yes, on either side of the border. In Nuevo León a no-fault divorce is filed by one spouse alone and does not need the other's consent, only proper service. You may also be able to file where you live in the U.S. We look at both routes in the consultation before you spend money on the wrong one.

No-fault divorce. It used to be that you had to prove grounds — abandonment, violence, infidelity. Not anymore. One spouse stating that they no longer want to be married is enough, with no explanation and nothing to prove. The unusual part for a U.S. reader is that one spouse can do it alone.

They cannot oppose the divorce itself, because their consent is not required. What they can contest are the surrounding issues: the children, support, and property. Those are what stretch a case out, not the divorce.

No. The hearing in a no-fault divorce is held by videoconference, and we prepare you beforehand and stay with you during the session. For the rest of the case an attorney can act for you under a power of attorney signed at a Mexican consulate in the U.S.

We see this often and there are routes, but it gets slower and more complicated, because service is mandatory and cannot be skipped. Tell us what information you do have about that person and in the consultation we tell you what can realistically be filed.

We do not quote a fixed timeline, because it turns on something we do not control: how quickly the other spouse can be served, and the court's caseload. Service on someone living abroad or out of contact is the usual delay. In your consultation we give you a realistic estimate for your facts.

Recognition of a foreign divorce is decided by each U.S. state under the doctrine of comity, and generally turns on jurisdiction, proper notice to both spouses, and public policy. That is exactly why we document service and the final decree carefully. Confirm the effect in your state with an attorney licensed there.

The court handles service through its own officers, and where the spouse is outside Nuevo León it goes through the corresponding court or through international channels. Service is the step that most often decides how long the case runs, so we start gathering address information from day one.

Nuevo León regulates no-fault divorce in Articles 404 and 405 of its Civil Code, and reported practice requires the marriage to have lasted at least one year. We confirm the current requirement against the code text for your specific dates before filing, rather than having you rely on a number from a website.

If both of you agree and will sign, mutual consent is usually faster and cheaper — it usually runs about 3 to 4 months. No-fault is the route when only one spouse wants out, or when the other keeps attaching conditions to signing.

There is no single published price, because it changes a lot depending on whether children, property, or support are involved. What is fixed is the consultation: $50 USD for one hour on Zoom, before taxes. In that hour we review your case and quote the case itself.