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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.

This is how it works for you

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Reporting a devorce

Did you get divorced in the Netherlands? Then your lawyer will send the divorce decree to the civil registrar in the municipality where you got married. The municipality will then register your divorce.

Do you live in a municipality other than the one in which you got married? Then the municipality will inform your municipality of residence.

Registering your divorce with the municipality is free of charge.

Questions about this topic?

Contact the Municipality of Noordwijk

Visiting address

Voorstraat 42

2201HW Noordwijk

Opening hours
Monday
8:30 - 17:00
Tuesday
8:30 - 17:00
Wednesday
8:30 - 17:00
Thursday
8:30 - 17:00
Friday
8:30 - 17:00
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
Last updated on 23 September 2022