Municipality of Nissewaard: registering a divorce in the civil registry
Where you register your divorce depends on the country where you are divorced.
Divorced in the Netherlands
Are you divorced in the Netherlands? Then your lawyer will send the divorce decision to the municipality where you were married.
The municipality will then register your divorce. Do you live in a different municipality than where you got married? The municipality will pass this on to your municipality of residence.
Divorced abroad
Are you divorced abroad and do you live in the Netherlands? Then you must register your foreign divorce in the Personal Records Database (BRP). You do this at the municipality where you are registered.
See the website for more information.
Registering your divorce with the municipality is free of charge. Do you need proof of the registration of the divorce? Then you can request a copy or extract of this. For this document you have to pay.
The municipality will register the divorce as soon as possible after the documents are received. If the municipality registers the divorce in the registry office, the divorce is official.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Nissewaard