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Municipality of Hoeksche Waard: registering a divorce in the civil registry

Where you register your divorce depends on your situation.

If you got divorced in the Netherlands

Did you get married and divorced in the Netherlands? Then your lawyer will send the divorce decree to the civil registrar in the municipality where you got married. The registrar will then register your divorce.

Your lawyer must send the documents to:

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Do you live in a municipality other than the one in which you got married? Then the registrar will inform your municipality of residence.

If you got divorced outside of the Netherlands

Did you get divorced outside of the Netherlands and you live in the Netherlands? Then you must have your divorce registered in the Basisregistratie Personen – BRP (Personal Records Database). You do this at the municipality in which you are registered.

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A registered partnership officially ends by a court ruling or a statement by you and your partner. The latter is only possible if you and your partner agree. A lawyer or notary must also sign the declaration. Do you have joint custody of minor children? Then you must dissolve the registered partnership through the court.

The divorce or termination of registered partnership is only final when it is registered in the registers of civil status of the municipality where the marriage or registered partnership was entered into. Your lawyer will arrange this registration for you.

There is no fee for registering your divorce with the municipality. Do you need proof of your divorce? If so, an official copy of or excerpt from the divorce decree costs: €8,90.

Once the municipality has received the documents, it will register the divorce as soon as possible. The divorce becomes official as soon as the municipality registers it in the civil registry.

Questions about this topic?

Contact the Municipality of Hoeksche Waard

Visiting addresses

Sportlaan 22

3299XG Maasdam

Opening hours
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
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Wednesday
8:30 - 16:30
Thursday
13:00 - 20:00
Friday
8:30 - 12:00
Saturday
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Sunday
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Stockholmplein 6

3291TP Strijen

Opening hours
Monday
8:30 -12:00
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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Weegje 1

3295CT 's Gravendeel

Opening hours
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
8:30 -11:30
Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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W. van Vlietstraat 6

3262GM Oud-Beijerland

Opening hours
Monday
8:30 - 17:00
Tuesday
8:30 - 20:30
Wednesday
8:30 - 17:00
Thursday
8:30 - 17:00
Friday
8:30 - 17:00
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
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Last updated on 3 October 2022