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Table 1 Mexican states with no-fault divorce legislations

From: Do changes in divorce legislation have an impact on divorce rates? The case of unilateral divorce in Mexico

State

Year of the reform

Legislation

Article

1. Aguascalientes

2015

Civil Code

No. 288

2. Baja California Sur

2016

Civil Code

No. 273

3. Coahuila

2013

Family Code

No. 153

4. Colima

2016

Civil Code

No. 268

5. Guerrero

2012

Divorce Law

No. 27

6. Hidalgo

2011

Family Code

No. 470

7. Mexico

2012

Civil Code

No. 4.89

8. Mexico City

2008

Civil Code

No. 266

9. Michoacan

2015

Family Code

No. 254 and No. 255

10. Morelos

2016

Family Code

No. 174

11. Nayarit

2015

Civil Code

No. 260

12. Nuevo Leon

2016

Civil Code

No. 267

13. Puebla

2016

Civil Code

No. 442

14. Quintana Roo

2013

Code of Civil Procedure

No. 985 Bis

15. Sinaloa

2013

Family Code

No. 181

16. Tamaulipas

2015

Civil Code

No. 248

17. Tlaxcala

2016

Civil Code

No. 106 and No. 123

18. Yucatan

2012

Family Code

No. 191

  1. Source: Author’s elaboration based on the standing legislation in each state
  2. Legislation of the remaining 14 states not included in this table was also verified (Baja California, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tabasco, Veracruz and Zacatecas). Unilateral divorce is not valid in any of them
  3. Last updated: January 2017