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  • Title: Decree of 12 December 1983.
    Author: Mexico. Distrito Federal.
    Journal: Annu Rev Popul Law; 1988; 15():80. PubMed ID: 12289694.
    Abstract:
    This Decree, which came into force on 26 March 1984, makes the following changes in the Civil Code of the Federal District of Mexico: 1) nonmarital life partners have a right to inherit from one another if they have lived together for five years or have common children; 2) such life partners are responsible for the support of each other; 3) marriage may be dissolved on a no fault basis after two years' marriage; 4) the custody of children upon divorce is to be determined on the basis of what is best for the child, without consideration of which spouse is at fault; 5) upon divorce, the wife has the right to support for a period equal to the length of the marriage if her own income is insufficient to support herself and she has not entered into any marital or similar relationship; and 6) upon divorce, the husband has the same right if he is unable to work and his own income is not sufficient to support himself.
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