Divorce and dissolution or termination of a registered partnership
Marriages and registered partnerships can be terminated through the courts. An attorney-at-law must submit the application. If you are in a partnership with no children, a civil-law notary can assist you. After the divorce decree has been issued, you must report the termination to the local authority. That is when it becomes official. You will need to make an appointment.
Registering a divorce
A court will rule on the divorce. That ruling will be set out in a divorce decree. You must have this divorce decree registered with the local authority where you got married within 6 months. Your attorney-at-law will usually take care of this. You can also take care of this yourself. You must do this within 6 months, or the divorce decree will no longer be valid.
Take to the appointment
If you want to take care of the registration at the town hall yourself, you should bring the following:
- written application to register the divorce;
- copy of the divorce decree from the court;
- statement by the court clerk that no appeal has been filed;
- deeds of acceptance of yourself and your former partner.
Arranging a divorce online
More information can be found on the Legal Aid Board (opens in new tab) website.
Dissolving a registered partnership
Do you have any children under 18? In that case, the court must dissolve the partnership. An attorney-at-law will arrange this for you. Together, you make arrangements about items, the house, money and children. The court must approve these agreements.
Are you in agreement on the dissolution? Submit the court’s ruling (divorce decree) to the local authority where the partnership was registered within 6 months. The attorney-at-law will usually take care of this. The partnership will only officially be over once the ruling has been registered with the local authority.
Terminating a registered partnership
Do you not have children? And do you agree on the division of items, money and the home? In that case, you can have the registered partnership terminated. You will need to go to an attorney-at-law or civil-law notary together. There, you will draw up a settlement containing your agreements. The attorney-at-law or civil-law notary will draw up a statement that the partnership is terminated. They will file this statement with the local authority where the partnership is registered within 3 months. The termination will only be official once it has been registered.
Charges
Things to arrange following changes in your life
Something is changing in your life. We call this a life event. These things may happen unexpectedly, or you may have planned for them. On the website of the central government (opens in new tab), you will find information about what you need to know and what you need to arrange.
Questions
For more information, go to the Marriage and registered partnership page.
Or Contact the City of Leeuwarden.
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Registering a divorce
A court will rule on the divorce. That ruling will be set out in a divorce decree. You must have this divorce decree registered with the local authority where you got married within 6 months. Your attorney-at-law will usually take care of this. You can also take care of this yourself. You must do this within 6 months, or the divorce decree will no longer be valid.
Take to the appointment
If you want to take care of the registration at the town hall yourself, you should bring the following:
- written application to register the divorce;
- copy of the divorce decree from the court;
- statement by the court clerk that no appeal has been filed;
- deeds of acceptance of yourself and your former partner.
Arranging a divorce online
More information can be found on the Legal Aid Board (opens in new tab) website.
Dissolving a registered partnership
Do you have any children under 18? In that case, the court must dissolve the partnership. An attorney-at-law will arrange this for you. Together, you make arrangements about items, the house, money and children. The court must approve these agreements.
Are you in agreement on the dissolution? Submit the court’s ruling (divorce decree) to the local authority where the partnership was registered within 6 months. The attorney-at-law will usually take care of this. The partnership will only officially be over once the ruling has been registered with the local authority.
Terminating a registered partnership
Do you not have children? And do you agree on the division of items, money and the home? In that case, you can have the registered partnership terminated. You will need to go to an attorney-at-law or civil-law notary together. There, you will draw up a settlement containing your agreements. The attorney-at-law or civil-law notary will draw up a statement that the partnership is terminated. They will file this statement with the local authority where the partnership is registered within 3 months. The termination will only be official once it has been registered.
Charges
Things to arrange following changes in your life
Something is changing in your life. We call this a life event. These things may happen unexpectedly, or you may have planned for them. On the website of the central government (opens in new tab), you will find information about what you need to know and what you need to arrange.
Questions
For more information, go to the Marriage and registered partnership page.
Or Contact the City of Leeuwarden.