Costa Rica's Constitutional Court struck down a law yesterday that obliged women – but not men – to wait 300 days after a divorce before they could re-marry, the Associated Press reported.

Article 16, section 2 of the Family Code says that women must complete such a waiting period.

Lawyer Kattia Umaña led the charge against what she called a discriminatory law, successfully swaying the court to rule the article unconstitutional. The Legislative Assembly will soon have to approve the legislation change.

-Tico Times