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Jilted Mexico City brides, grooms may be able to collect under new law
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2-23-2008 4:47 PM
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2-23-2008
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/080222/K02229AU.html"><P>MEXICO CITY - Runaway brides and grooms in Mexico City could get stuck paying for the limo and flowers under a bill proposed by a local lawmaker Friday.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/080222/K02229AU.html"><P>If approved by the city assembly, the law would offer engaged couples a legal contract outlining how much a man or woman can recoup if he or she gets jilted at the altar.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/080222/K02229AU.html"><P>The contract would stipulate reimbursements at any point the engagement is called off.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/080222/K02229AU.html"><P>"What we want is to protect the person who is being hurt, not only emotionally but also economically," said Jose Zepeda, a divorce lawyer-turned-politician.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/080222/K02229AU.html"><P>"Whoever rents a wedding hall, pays for the church, for the cake, has the right to be reimbursed."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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