protection of the children and guaranteeing adequate means to preserve family relationships. The revisions thus concerned the property settlement in marriage (Articles 194, 216, 232and 233), the conjugal home (Article 163), dissolution of the marriage ties (Articles 267, 268, 279 and 281), alimony (Articles 273, 288, 311 and 317), paternal authority and custody of the children (Articles 282 and 283) and the family property (Article 734). 50. In Mexico there is a special way of forming a family: cohabitation. Without detracting from the institution of matrimony, the law recognizes the legal consequences of cohabitation, particularly with regard to the welfare of the children and of the woman partner herself, maintenance obligations and rights of succession. In this regard Article 1635 of the Civil Code was revised in such a way as to allow the cohabitors to inherit from each other provided that they have lived together as man and wife for at least the five years preceding the death or when they have had children together, and provided that they have not entered into matrimony during the period of cohabitation. 51. Thus, the laws of Mexico guarantee the right of women and men to marry with their full and free consent. The customs, persisting up to a few decades ago in some rural and coastal regions of Mexico, that restricted that right in practice in the case of women, have been completely eliminated by the objective conditions brought into being by national development, rapid urbanization, the modernization of the economy, the profound changes that have occurred in Mexico's cultural and educational life and in general by the ever-increasing participation of women in every type of activity in Mexican society. 52. From the institutional point of view, the National System for Integrated Development of the Family (DIF), established by presidential decree 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the laws and regulations related to family, marriage, and inheritance in Mexico, highlighting the country's efforts to protect children, guarantee family relationships, and ensure equal rights for women. The focus is on the legal framework and its impact on family life, rather than on specific economic or environmental issues.

**Category**
Education, Culture