Echtscheiding of beëindigen geregistreerd partnerschap

You file for divorce with the court. Then your lawyer, yourself or your former partner reports the divorce to the municipality where you were married.

You end a registered partnership through a lawyer or notary public. Do you have minor children or do you disagree? Then you have to go to court. The lawyer or notary reports the termination to the municipality.

Approach

This is how you report a divorce:

You are filing for divorce with the court. You will need a lawyer to do this.
The lawyer makes a request to the court.
Your lawyer will send the court's decision to the municipality. You can also notify the municipality yourself. Your former partner may also do this. You do this at the municipality where you were married.
You will send the following documents to the municipality:
- a written request for entry in the register of civil status
- proof of the court ruling (the divorce decree)
- proof that you are not appealing the judge's decision (the deeds of acquiescence)

This is how you end a registered partnership through a notary or lawyer:

You go to a notary or lawyer.
Together, you draft an agreement about ending the partnership.
The notary or lawyer reports the agreement to the municipality.
The municipality processes the agreement in the registers of civil status.

Moet u het geregistreerd partnerschap laten beëindigen via de rechter? Kijk voor de stappen op Rechtspraak.nl.

Cost

Communicating the notification is free of charge. You agree on the cost of an attorney with the law firm.

Description

To file for divorce, you will go to court. You will need a lawyer to do this. Once the municipality registers the divorce in the civil registry, the divorce is official.

Voor het beëindigen van een geregistreerd partnerschap gaat u naar een notaris of advocaat. In sommige gevallen moet u met uw advocaat naar de rechter. Het geregistreerd partnerschap is pas beëindigd als het is ingeschreven in de registers van de burgerlijke stand.

Requirements

The Requirements to terminate a registered partnership through a notary or lawyer:

You have no children under the age of 18.
You both want to end the registered partnership.

Do you have children under the age of 18? Or do you disagree on the termination of the partnership or arrangements? Then you must go to court. For this you need a lawyer.

Term

U moet de melding echtscheiding binnen 6 maanden na de definitieve beslissing van de rechter doen.

De overeenkomst beëindiging geregistreerd partnerschap (via notaris of advocaat) moet binnen 3 maanden ingeschreven zijn bij de burgerlijke stand. Een uitspraak van de rechter moet binnen 6 maanden ingeschreven zijn bij de burgerlijke stand.