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c) When there is a well-founded fear that the debtor, in the case of personal actions,will hide or sell the only assets he or she possesses over which the application ofthe measure has been requested.4.4. Ordinary Civil ProceedingsCivil judicial disputes will be resolved according to the letter of the law or its legal interpretation,or according to general principles of law.The Civil Code governs all persons that are in Mexico, as well as the acts and eventsthat occur in its territory or jurisdiction and those that are submitted to such laws,except as provided in treaties and conventions to which our country is a party.The process of an ordinary civil proceeding is governed by the provisions of the civilprocedures code, either local or federal, depending on its scope of application, in whichthe following is basically established:4.4.1. Initiation of the proceedingThe initiation of the proceeding takes place with the filing of the claim before the commonfiling office of the competent court. The competency of the court is determined bytaking into account the subject matter, amount, degree, territory and, in general, the specialcharacteristics of the matter in dispute.An ordinary civil proceeding can be processed before local or federal courts, dependingon the matter in dispute. Generally, in the case of matters involving the compliancewith and application of federal laws or international treaties or when the Federal Governmentis a party, it should be processed before federal courts.Civil judges are competent in relation to amount when the matters in dispute are overownership or other in rem rights over real estate, provided their value is greater than60,000 pesos (≈ 5,456 US dollars), or in the case of other disputes, the amount of whichexceeds 20,000 pesos (≈ 1,819 US dollars). These amounts are adjusted annually.Competency in relation to subject matter of such judges is divided in function of thesubstantive nature of the matter. Thus, there are judges specialized in family law, realestate leasing, bankruptcy, etc.Once the claim is filed a term is granted to the defendant to respond. Thereafter thejudge will indicate the date and time for the conciliation hearing within the next 10 days.If as a result of this hearing the proceeding has not been terminated by agreement by thefollowing day, then the judge will open the proceeding to the period for offering evidence,which is for 10 calendar days.341Dispute Resolution4.4.2. EvidenceIn the search for the truth regarding the points in dispute the judge can avail him or herself