Procedures
Written Código Procesal Civil with amparo inside the same code
The Código Procesal Civil (Ley 1337/1988) provides a predominantly written process with ordinary and summary tracks, and it also contains the procedural rules for amparo. Mediation is available through judicial mediation offices. Enforcement proceeds by executory process on qualifying titles such as judgments and notarised instruments.
Key rules
- Jurisdiction — National procedural code applied by the ordinary courts
- Deadline — Answer in ordinary proceedings: 18 days
- Deadline — Appeal: five days to file for most judgments
- Deadline — Amparo: 60 days from the act complained of
Governing law
- Ley 1337/1988 - Código Procesal Civil
- Ley 1879/2002 - Arbitraje y Mediación
- Acordadas of the Corte Suprema on electronic filing
In practice
Placing amparo inside the Code of Civil Procedure rather than a separate constitutional statute is a Paraguayan peculiarity, and means the remedy is administered with civil procedural logic and a 60-day limit. The Supreme Court has progressively introduced electronic filing and notification by acordada, so procedure in practice depends partly on court regulations rather than the 1988 code alone.