Category: <span>Legal Column</span>

We have seen many services offered posthumously to take care of the possible litigation and the bureaucracy that follows a foreigner’s death in Mexico. They seem to be all over the place in pricing, and each advocacy group handles one piece of the puzzle but none seem to handle the legal matter from “soup to nuts.”What do you recommend?

The last will and testament is a document that is legislated here in Mexico, meaning that strict protocols exist that must be followed in its construction including, but not limited to, its format, notarial seals, and registration in order for it to have legal effect.

Hi Ángel. I understand the medical directives here in Mexico are very simple and are only one form with nothing written personally by the individual. Is this true?

With the Covid-19 pandemic affecting matters of life and death, there is no better time to think about long-term care planning, and ask the question “Have I planned for my passing conscientiously and responsibly?”

Immigration protocols have fluctuated and yielded to pandemic-related circumstances and it is this writer’s opinion that as we progress into the fourth quarter of Covid-19.

Welcome to the biweekly “Q & A with Angel.” I will answer your questions every other week with pleasure, they do not necessarily have to be on the previous week’s topic.

The apostille is a document that allows you to certify the signatures of Federal Public Servants, who are empowered to certify the validity and legitimacy of documents of national origin abroad, provided that the procedure is related to countries that have adopted the Hague Convention by which foreign legal documents gain legitimacy in the country of use.