Celebrities who obtained a Mexican divorce include Elizabeth Montgomery (from Gig Young), Johnny Carson, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Burton, William S. Burroughs, Elizabeth Taylor (from Eddie Fisher), Marilyn Monroe (from Arthur Miller), Don Hewitt, Helen Kane, Marcia Clark, Charlie Chaplin (from Paulette Goddard), Jayne Mansfield (from Mickey Hargitay), Stanley Kubrick, Jill St. John (from Jack Jones), and Tom T. Chamales.
This "fast-track" process is in contrast to American divorce procedures, which involve additional bureaucracy and added expense.
[3][4] In 1970, in accordance with a Mexican federal law recommendation, many courts stopped accepting divorce petitions from non-residents.
"Mexican Divorce" is the title of a 1961 song by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard, which was issued as single in 1962 by The Drifters.
[8] It is also the song where Bacharach first met Dionne Warwick, one of the background singers, for whom he would later write numerous top hits.