Registering a divorce in the civil registry in the Netherlands
Has a judge has agreed to your divorce (echtscheiding)? Then you and your partner will be sent a copy of the final order (echtscheidingsbeschikking). When does your divorce become final? Once you have registered the final order in the municipality’s civil registry (burgerlijke stand van de gemeente).
You can register the final order in the Register of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (burgerlijke stand van de gemeente). Do this at the municipality where you were married. This must be done within 6 months of the court ruling. When you have done this you are legally divorced.
Registering the final order in the marital property register
Did you draw up huwelijkse voorwaarden (a prenuptial agreement)? Then you can register the agreement in the marital property register (huwelijksgoederenregister)(in Dutch). Do this at the court that issued the final order.
This is how it works for you
Here is some information from your municipality.
Divorce or end of registered partnership
If you no longer want to be together with your partner, you can apply for a divorce or termination of your registered partnership. In both cases, you can arrange this through a lawyer.
The judge makes a decision a few weeks after the hearing. After how many weeks that is, depends on the course of the case. At the end of the hearing, the judge will let you know approximately how many weeks you should expect. The municipality will register the judge's decision or statement as soon as possible.
You can hand in or send the decision of your divorce to:
Municipality of Culemborg
PO Box 136
4100 AC Culemborg
Registering for the divorce is free.
The municipality processes the data within 1 week.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Culemborg
Visiting address
Ridderstraat 250
4100AC Culemborg
| Monday | 9:00 - 16:00 |
| Tuesday | 9:00 - 19:00 |
| Wednesday | 9:00 - 16:00 |
| Thursday | 9:00 - 16:00 |
| Friday | 9:00 - 12:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |