Municipality of Goeree-Overflakkee: registering the ending of a civil partnership in the civil registry

You can terminate a registered partnership through a lawyer or notary. Do you have minor children or do you disagree? Then you have to go to court. The lawyer or civil-law notary reports the termination to the municipality.

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To end a registered partnership, you go to a civil-law notary or lawyer. In some cases you have to go to court with your lawyer. The registered partnership is only terminated after it has been registered in the registers of civil status.

A registered partnership also ends if:

you have the registered partnership converted into a marriage
1 of them dies or is missing for a long time

The conditions for terminating a registered partnership through a notary or lawyer are:

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 about the termination of the partnership or about the arrangements? Then you have to go to court. You need a lawyer for this.

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

You go to a notary or lawyer.
You draw up an agreement together about the termination of the partnership.
The notary or lawyer reports the agreement to the municipality.
The agreement is registered by the municipality in the registers of civil status.

Do you have to have the registered partnership terminated through the courts? For the steps, see Rechtspraak.nl.

You can take or send the papwerwork to:

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Registration of the ending of a civil partnership is free of charge.

The agreement (via notary or lawyer) must be registered with the registry office within 3 months. A court decision must be registered at the registry office within 6 months.

You can appeal against the decision of the court.