Executive Summary:
- The Judiciary of Mexico City has decided to extinguish 24 Civil Courts and 11 Family Courts of Written Procedure, with a transition process that will end on November 29, 2024.
- As of June 17, 2024, cases will be reassigned to Oral Trial Courts, including Commercial and Oral Executive Trials, with changes in jurisdiction according to the established amounts.
On June 12, 2024, the Judiciary of Mexico City issued three General Agreements related to the extinction of 24 Civil Courts and 11 Family Courts of Written Process.
In said agreements, the Council of the Judiciary of Mexico City (“CJ-CDMX”) determined that as of June 17, 2024, cases will no longer be referred to the Civil and Family Courts of Written Process that are about to be extinguished, specifying that said transition period will end on November 29, 2024.
The formal closure of the Courts that will be extinguished will be on November 11 of this year, and then, the return of their files will begin until November 25, 2024 (that is, the sending and forwarding of files, documents, etc.).
In this regard, the cases that are currently being processed in the jurisdictional bodies that will be extinguished will be referred to the Courts of Written Procedure that will continue to operate. Here is a list of the Courts to be extinguished:
- 1st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 2st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 3st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 5st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 21st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 22st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 26st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 37st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 43st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 48st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 50st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 53st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 56st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 59st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 63st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 66st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 68st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 69st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 70st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 71st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 72st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 73st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 74st Civil Court of Written Procedure
- 75st Civil Court of Written Procedure
On the other hand, in response to the extinction of the aforementioned Courts, the CJ-CDMX issued a different agreement regarding the jurisdiction of the Courts of the Superior Court of Justice of Mexico City to hear Commercial Executive Trials and Oral Commercial Executive Trials (General Agreement 45-17/2024).
This agreement established that, as of June 17, 2024, the Civil Oral Trial Judges will be competent for both procedures, regardless of their amount.
It is worth mentioning that the route will not be modified, since each procedure will continue to be priced as follows:
- Oral Commercial Executive Trials will apply to disputes whose amount ranges between $851,710.18 (Eight Hundred Fifty One Thousand Seven Hundred Ten Pesos 18/100 MN) and a maximum of $4 (Four Million Pesos 000,000.00/00 MN).
- Commercial Executive Trials (written process) will apply to disputes whose amount ranges between $1.00 (One Peso 00/100 MN) and a maximum of $851,710.18 (Eight Hundred Fifty One Thousand Seven Hundred Ten Pesos 18/100 MN), as well as disputes with a value of $4'000,000.00 (Four Million Pesos 00/100 MN) and above.
It should be noted that those Commercial Executive Trials that are currently being processed before a Civil Court of Written Process, must be followed until their conclusion.
If you would like to obtain more information about the re-transfer of cases and the dynamics of the new operation of the Courts, please do not hesitate to contact our experts.
