Municipality of Wijk bij Duurstede: registering the ending of a civil partnership in the civil registry

Do you have children under the age of 18?

• Then the termination goes through the court.
• Your lawyer sends a petition and a parenting plan to the court.
• A parenting plan contains the agreements about the children.

Do you have no children under 18?

Then you do not have to go to court. You can have your registered partnership terminated at the lawyer's or notary's office. Together you will draw up a statement about the termination. You register this declaration in the register of the civil status of the municipality where the partnership took place. This is called a "dissolution by mutual consent".

Do you not come to an agreement together?

Then your lawyer can submit your own request to the court on your behalf. This is called a " 'unilateral request'.