Municipality of Oosterhout: registering a divorce in the civil registry
Where you register your divorce depends on your situation.
If you got divorced in the Netherlands
To initiate a divorce, you must file a petition with the court. This process requires legal representation by a lawyer.
Your lawyer will submit the petition to the court on your behalf.
Once the court has issued its decision, your lawyer must forward the court’s ruling to the municipality. Alternatively, you or your former spouse may submit the notification to the municipality yourselves. This must be done at the municipality where the marriage was originally registered.
You are required to submit the following original documents to the municipality:
- A written request for registration in the civil registry
- The official court ruling (divorce decree)
- A declaration confirming that neither party will appeal the court’s decision (deed of acquiescence)
If you got divorced outside of the Netherlands
Were you married and divorced abroad? Or married abroad and divorced in the Netherlands? Then you must report the divorce to the Municipality of The Hague.
There is no fee for registering your divorce with the municipality. Do you need proof of your divorce? You pay a fee for an official copy of or excerpt from the divorce decree. For more information, contact the municipality.
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 Oosterhout