Last Friday, March 20, 2020, the Supreme Court of Justice agreed to close the operations of the Judicial Branch, until April 13, 2020. As of today, all judicial officers of the country will be returning to work on Monday, April 13, 2020. At this time, only the essential minimum services will be operating.

This decision comes as a consequence of the health crisis that the country is experiencing due to the arrival of the COVID-19 virus pandemic, and to avoid further infections.

While this measure suspends the attendance of employees to the facilities of the Judicial Branch, those employees who can work from home will continue to do so.

The minimum essential services that will be maintained are those related to:

• Preventive jail
• Interim measures (criminal law, administrative/public law, and constitutional law)
• Alimony proceedings
• Domestic violence

All services that are not included in the above list will be suspended until April 13, 2020. Finally, all statute of limitations and expiration terms will be suspended for all the judicial proceedings that are currently being processed by the courts.

Dentons Muñoz Dispute Resolution and Litigation's team will continue assisting all pending matters from our clients until the suspension of the services ends and is willing to assist our clients in any type of dispute resolution despite the Judicial Branch´s temporary closure.