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News Costa Rica: Costa Rica Court Rules Against Women's Waiting Period to Remarry
By Explore Costa Rica Staff
Feb 15, 2008, 06:23

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Costa Rica Court Rules Against Women's Waiting Period to Remarry

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA: Costa Rica's Constitutional Court struck down a law on Thursday that required Costa Rica women to wait 300 days to remarry after divorce.

Lawyer Kattia Umana challenged the Costa Rica law as sexist because the same rule did not apply to Costa Rica men.

Under the law, women are allowed to remarry within 300 days of a divorce only if two medical doctors confirm that they are not pregnant, or give birth within the time period.

The Costa Rica law initially went into effect to protect fathers' parental rights. The court determined that there are other options to settling paternity disputes such as DNA testing, 

Congress now must change the Costa Rica law, and lawmakers are expected to act within the next few days.

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