Women Financing Child Support & Violence Lawsuits in 100 Peso Installments - Abolish Capital!

This article by Gloria López originally appeared in the March 15, 2026 edition of [https://oem.com.mx/elsoldemexico/metropoli/con-tandas-de-100-pesos-mujeres-en-cdmx-y-edomex-logran-pagar-juicios-de-pension-alimenticia-y-custodia-28951144] El Sol de México [https://oem.com.mx/elsoldemexico/metropoli/con-tandas-de-100-pesos-mujeres-en-cdmx-y-edomex-logran-pagar-juicios-de-pension-alimenticia-y-custodia-28951144]. Faced with the high costs of trials, women in Mexico City and the State of Mexico are financing litigation for alimony, custody and vicarious violence with weekly contributions of 100 pesos to access a dignified defense. The strategy is driven by the Rojo y Morado organization, made up of 30 lawyers who offer support during legal processes that can last up to a year and a half and cost between 12 and 15 thousand pesos, which opens an accessible way to face cases that were previously abandoned due to lack of money. With weekly payments of 100 pesos, women can cover legal processes that were previously unattainable for them due to the high costs of private firms or the lack of interest from public defenders, who also have poor results and minimal pensions. Rojo y Morado’s Founding & Purpose ---------------------------------- Paola Carolina Rojo Aranda, founder of the Rojo y Morado organization, explained that the project arose from the need to assist women who cannot afford a lawyer due to the high cost of legal fees. “The organization was born out of the need of many women who cannot afford a lawyer because it is very expensive and often use the services of public defenders, but these do not show the interest or respect that their cases deserve, and they end up obtaining very minimal pensions or with their cases destroyed,” she said. Faced with the dilemma that victims must choose between feeding their children or paying for legal defense, the organization decided to implement the weekly payment system. Payment System & Service Scope ------------------------------ “We charge them 100 pesos weekly, an amount they can easily afford. There are extreme cases where we don’t charge them at all or we reduce the fee from 100 pesos, but that’s the base amount, until they have access to a decent pension,” she explained. Since its inception in 2023, the Rojo y Morado organization has served over 100 women in the Valley of Mexico region. While the first few years focused on establishing the organization’s structure and outreach, the founder noted that they now have archives filled with favorable court rulings. “We’ve been doing this for three years; the first year I think we managed to handle around 20 cases, we lacked publicity. In the second year the situation was much better and now we receive many more cases,” she emphasized. Success Rate & Operating Model ------------------------------ This work model has allowed the organization to achieve a 70 percent success rate in the trials they handle from beginning to end. Rojo y Morado’s operating model differs from a traditional law firm because it prioritizes the plaintiff’s financial stability before demanding full payment of fees. Once the lawyers obtain a fair provisional pension in court, the weekly payment is adjusted to amounts that can rise from 500 to 1,000 pesos per month, allowing the woman to finish paying for the lawsuit regularly without depleting her capital. The fee is adjusted to cover the remaining cost of the process, which can range from 12,000 to 15,000 pesos, ensuring that a lack of immediate resources is not a reason to abandon the case. The founder clarified that even if the fee is paid off sooner than expected, the organization remains committed to supporting the woman. “If they finish paying for their legal proceedings within a year and a half, we won’t abandon them; we’ll see the case through to the end,” she assured. She also noted that the total cost of the legal proceedings is covered thanks to the support of a network of students, interns, and lawyers who contribute their time and effort to this social cause. The cases that the lawyers handle most are claims for alimony, which ranks first in requests; followed by cases of vicarious violence and situations in which grandparents resort to the organization to request custody of grandchildren who have been abandoned by both parents. In November 2025, El Sol de México reported that the process for filing child support claims in Mexico City became more complicated due to changes in the new National Code of Family Procedures, which caused the number of claims to decrease by 82 percent, compared to 2024, and by 29.5 percent compared to 2023. Expansion & Organizational Structure ------------------------------------ The organization’s structure currently has headquarters in the municipality of Nezahualcóyotl and is in the process of opening a second headquarters in the Coyoacán borough to meet the high demand in Mexico City. The team is strategically divided to cover different territories and avoid work overload. “In Mexico City, there are seven of us lawyers, and in the State of Mexico, more than 27 women are dedicated to handling cases. We all work in certain municipalities; we divide and map out our workload so that we don’t get overwhelmed,” the lawyer commented. The organizational chart includes three specialists in gender and childhood perspective, followed by the litigating lawyers and a group of students and recent graduates who collaborate in the drafting of documents and in attending hearings. Paola Rojo highlighted that they also handle divorce cases involving economic violence, particularly with women who dedicated themselves exclusively to the home, cases of parental rights, alimony debtors, among others. “When the ex-husband does not want to pay alimony, this is an economic imbalance because, while they worked for many years and gained experience and stability, they stayed at home without gaining work experience, and have to resume their studies or look for work,” she explained. One of the organization’s purposes is to advise teenagers seeking to claim their pension rights independently, with the intention of encouraging young people to become informed and resort to their own judgments when family circumstances require it. 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