"Alimony debtors also have rights, and one of them is the reduction of the amount of alimony payment."

In this blog, I will talk to you about the reasons why it is possible to obtain a reduction in alimony.

In many cases, food debtors have other expenses in addition to the pension, such as paying debts in department stores, which often go beyond financial solvency that he may have, wondering if the reduction of alimony is possible, however, many times these reasons are not enough to request said reduction. What is the reason? When weighing the food payment with other expenses and debts, the alimony is ahead of these, having the payment preference.

Under what assumptions is it possible to obtain a reduction in the amount of alimony payment?

Change in employment situation: That at the time of establishing alimony the debtor had a sufficient salary to decree a certain amount of pension, but over the years the debtor loses or you change your job for one with a lower salary, making the payment of the pension decreed almost impossible.

Existence of new creditors: When the alimony debtor, after the alimony amount has been decreed, has new children, having new alimony creditors, changing the debtor's economic situation.

IMPORTANT: These situations have to be valued through different procedures, and if it has been mentioned in the main action, it will not be possible to try again.

For the reduction of alimony to operate, it must be through new and different elements at the time of decreeing the pension.

"Remember to respond to a lawsuit in time to avoid future complications."

It is important to know that when you receive a demand from the authority, you cannot ignore it, since, even if you do not sign received, or that you are not the one who If someone who lives or works in the home has received, the fact that the judicial officer who appears at the home, affirms that they can find you at that address, already gives as notified.

In the event of receiving a subpoena, for example from the Prosecutor's Office, by not attending the first one, a second or even a third summons will surely be made; but in the event that a person who identifies himself as a judicial official attached to a court arrives and attends to notify a claim, the situation is different, since, within the documentation that will be delivered, there is a document called “Writ of Filing” , this being the first response that a judge gives when a person files a lawsuit.

Generally, in the Writ of Filing, the term to answer the claim is indicated, this means that it indicates the days that the Judge grants the defendant to give answer to the filed complaint , in said answer you must include, the evidence, exceptions, and all other useful elements to defend your position in the trial.

IMPORTANT: It is necessary to answer the claim, within the term indicated by the judge, since it is the only opportunity given to the lawsuit party to present the elements mentioned above.

So, as I have mentioned, it is important to answer the claim as quickly as possible after being notified, since, by not doing so, you basically lose all the chances of winning the trial, for missing the opportune moment to make the answer.

If you do not understand what is said in the document provided by the authority, it is important to go to a Professional, for legal advice, and provide him with all the facts and details necessary to make the answer.

"I recommend that you have the legal advice of a lawyer with experience in the matter, since this is the cause of a Commercial Oral Trial which is carried out in a Federal Court."

What is the billing adjustment?

It is when CFE (Federal Electricity Commission) personnel visit your home and give you notice that they will make a review of your measurement system, this is about reviewing the form in which you are connected to the electrical network, check your meter and verify that it does not have any type of deviation, and when finished, the CFE staff will determine whether or not you are a candidate for a billing adjustment.

IMPORTANT: You have to know that this procedure begins with the delivery of a verification document, in which they are determining the meter to be checked, the location of this and other details for perform the verification, and then perform the review. In this document, everything related to the review of the system is noted.

Once the review is finished, the CFE staff has the obligation to deliver a copy of the verification certificate, at the end of this diligence, you as an individual must have the notice that you They are going to make this billing adjustment and the minutes that they have filled out as a result of the review they carried out.

In the minutes, you have the right to write down what you consider necessary to defend your situation, in the same way you can designate your witnesses, who will help you in this procedure.

Billing Adjustment Document

After a few days or maybe weeks of the review, a trade called Billing Adjustment Office in which they will indicate the result of the review of your measurement system, like this such as the amount of debt, which they estimate to be owed, for the electricity that was not being billed, highlighting the cause for which it has not been billed, as well as the indication of the period of time that they consider to be carried out said setting.

NOTE: the fact of not accepting the documents, or signing of receipt does not benefit in any way, it is important that, if you are being part of a billing adjustment, receive all the documents that are delivered and have a copy of them, since they are necessary to create a defense.

TWO WAYS TO COMBAT MISSING ADJUSTMENT:

FIRST. Making the payment that is requested in the adjustment that they make to have the reconnection of the electricity service, and later, within a procedure, request the refund of the amount paid, having the documents that were delivered within the entire Adjustment procedure.

SECOND. In case you do not have the amount of money that is requested in the Billing Adjustment, you will need the certificate where notice is given of the visit that is made, the minutes that are made at the time of the review of the metering system, and also the billing document, the identification of the person who appears as contractor of the electricity service, as well as the energy receipts electricity that have been received, with this documentation you can carry out the Billing Adjustment Nullification procedure, and have the possibility of reconnecting electricity.

"Remember to fulfill all your obligations, this avoids causing you problems in the future."

Before, divorce was a long and complicated process, because the parties had to prove the grounds for divorce, and many times this was denied by the judge, seeing the parties obligated to continue their marriage.

Fortunately, Mexican law has made great strides in the last ten years, having as its main requirement for divorce is the willingness of one of the parties to do so.

So the main requirement that you must meet is to have the will to dissolve the marriage bond, the second point to cover, is to know what type of procedure is the ideal one to carry out the case, since many times during the process there may be changes of opinion of the parts of the process.

Surely in recent years, you have heard or read about the "express divorce" this refers to divorce without grounds, which is the one that occurs because one of the parties decides divorce, and this is granted by the authority, leaving aside the other matters related to their relationship, having to expose their claims, evidence and others, so that the judge takes everything into consideration and can issue the sentence related to the custody and custody of children, distribution of assets, etc.

In the same way, there is what is called Voluntary Divorce, which is in which both parties wish to dissolve the bond that unites them in marriage, in which, they reach an agreement for divorce, but as mentioned above, the divorce is dictated by the judge, however, in this type of divorce, you have to make things clear before dissolving the bond, drawing up an agreement on issues related to marriage, such as children, assets, debts, etc.

Already making all this clear, now in a general way, I will mention some documents that are needed at the time of filing a divorce:

• Marriage certificate
• Identification
• In case of having children, birth certificates
• Property documents
• In the event of being married by conjugal partnership, an appraisal carried out by an expert of each of the properties.