Ukraine - Apply for a Divorce

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Procedure

Marriage is dissolved by the Body of State Registration of Civil Status Acts:

• Application for the divorce may be filed by both spouses or by either one of them. In case one of the spouses, due to some valid excuse, cannot personally submit a statement on marriage dissolution to the body of state registration of civil status acts, such notarized or similar statement may be submitted by the other of spouses on his/her behalf.
• Once the application for the marriage dissolution is granted by the bodies of state registration of civil status acts, the divorce is legalized by the issuance of the Certificate of Marriage Dissolution, the sample of which is approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Marriage Dissolution Through a Court Procedure:

• Application for the divorce through a court procedure may be filed by both spouses or by either one of them.
• The court will have to determine if the application for a divorce truly reflects the actual will of wife and husband and that their personal and property rights, as well as the rights of their children, will not be violated after marriage dissolution.
• A marriage dissolved by the court before the Law of Ukraine On State Registration of Civil Status Acts came into effect (27.07.2010) is subject to state registration with the body of state registration of civil status acts.
• State registration of marriage dissolution may be conducted by the body of state registration of civil status acts upon notarized or equated application of one of spouses, if the act record on marriage dissolution has already been drawn up upon application of the other of spouses on the ground of courts decision on marriage dissolution or on the basis of item 3 of part one of Article 107 of the Family Code of Ukraine taken before this Law came into effect, in case such person cannot, due to a valid excuse, personally arrive to the state body of registration of civil status acts (part two of Section IV of the Final and Transitional Provisions of the Law of Ukraine On State Registration of Civil Status Acts).

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Required Documents

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1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Office Locations & Contacts

Head of State Registration Service of Ukraine

Contact Numbers: +38 044 233-65-10

Fax Number: +38 044 233-65-44

First Deputy Head

Inna Zavalna

Contact Number: +38 044 233-65-20

Deputy Head

Iryna Kukharenko

Contact Number: +38 044 233-65-30

Str. M. Raskovoy, 15, Kyiv, 02660

Control & Documentary Provision Division (chancellery)

Contact Numbers: +38 044 233-64-96

Fax Numbers: +38 044 233-64-98

Email: [email protected]

Press Service

Contact Numbers: +38 044 233-64-71

Email: [email protected]

Department on State Registration of Civil Status of Citizens

• +38 044 233-64-75

Division on Apostille Certification

• +38 044 233-65-13

Record-keeper of the Department

• +38 044 233-64-75 (fax)

Department for State Registration of Ownership Rights on Immovable Property

• +38 044 233-64-93

Record-keeper of the Department

• +38 044 233-64-87

Contact numbers for consultations on state registration of Ownership Rights on Immovable Property issues

• +38 044 233-64-78

Department for Legalization of Civil Society Unions, State Registration of Printed Mass Media and Information Agencies

• +38 044 233-64-92

Record-keeper of the Department

• +38 044 233-64-95

Department for State Registration of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs

• +38 044 233-65-24

Record-keeper of the Department

• +38 044 233-65-36

Division for human resources and civil services

• +38 044 233-65-49

Division on applications of citizens and access to the public information

• +38 044 233-64-91
• Email: [email protected]

For reports about the cases of corruption in the organs of government registration service:

• Email: [email protected]
• Postal address: Str. M. Raskovoy, 15, Kyiv, 02660.

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Validity

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Processing Time

The court will have to make a decision regarding the marriage dissolution after the expiration of one month from the date when the application was submitted. Before the expiration of this term the wife and husband have the right to cancel the application for marriage dissolution.

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Need for the Document

Dissolution of marriage or divorce is the termination of marital union between married couple. It results in cancellation of all legal duties and responsibilities between husband and wife.

There are two ways in which marriages are dissolved in Ukraine, first is by the Body of State Registration of Civil Status Acts. This is possible if spouses do not have children (Article 106 of the Family Code of Ukraine) and upon application of one of spouses if the other of spouse has been declared missing or legally incapable (Article 107 of the Family Code of Ukraine). The second way to dissolve a marriage is through a Court Procedure, application for the divorce may be filed by both spouses or by either one of them.

Following are procedures on how to apply for a divorce in Ukraine.

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External Links

• State Registration Service of Ukraine:

http://www.drsu.gov.ua/en/show/10392

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