Divorce registration

The divorce shall be registered on the basis of:

a) the spouses' joint declaration of divorce;

b) the declaration of one of the spouses concerning the divorce and the court judgment (sentence) - if the other spouse is:

subject to a legal protection measure in the form of guardianship;
declared missing;
sentenced to deprivation of liberty for more than 3 years;

c) a court judgment on the dissolution of the marriage;

d) a notarial conclusion of the dissolution of the marriage by agreement of the spouses.

Registration of divorce based on the joint declaration of the spouses.

Registration of divorce on the basis of the spouses' joint agreement is carried out in cases where there are no disputes between the spouses concerning the division of joint property owned in common, the maintenance, education and domicile of joint minor children or the maintenance of one of the spouses.

Registration of divorce is a personal act.

The provision of this service requires the physical presence of at least one of the spouses, in two stages, before the civil status service, of the persons concerned: when submitting the declaration of divorce and when registering the divorce document. When the divorce is registered, the divorce document is drawn up, signed by the declarants, authenticated by the person responsible for registering the divorce and sealed. On the basis of the divorce document, a divorce certificate is issued to each of the former spouses.

If one of the spouses is unable to go in person to the civil status body to submit the declaration of divorce, his or her wish may be set out in a separate declaration. In this case, the declaration will be authenticated by a notary.

The divorce is registered in the presence of both or one of the spouses at the expiration of one month from the date on which the declaration is submitted.

The unjustified absence of one of the spouses when the divorce is registered shall not prevent the marriage from being dissolved.

Registration of divorce based on the declaration of one of the spouses.

The divorce will be registered in the presence of the applicant, at the expiration of one month from the date of submitting the declaration of divorce, in the cases provided for by law.

Registration of divorce based on a court judgment

Divorce is registered ex officio within 3 days of the date of receipt of the copy of the final court judgment on the dissolution of the marriage. As far as possible, the headings in the divorce document are completed in accordance with the court judgment and the marriage certificate issued by the court.

When the former spouses address for the receipt of the divorce certificate, the civil status body will finalize the execution of the document in question (by completing the divorce document) and issue the divorce certificate.

If the divorce document has been drawn up on the basis of a copy of the court judgment on the dissolution of the marriage, it is permitted to complete the divorce document at the request of a person authorized to do so, presenting a power of attorney, indicating the specific action (on the dissolution of the marriage), specifying the name chosen by the principal when registering the divorce, if he/she is entitled to revert to the name he/she had before the marriage.

The territorial jurisdiction for the registration of the divorce at the civil status service is determined by the territorial radius where both or one of the spouses are domiciled or by the civil status body where the marriage was registered.

The registration of divorce on the basis of a court judgment on the dissolution of marriage takes place at the civil status body within the territorial radius of the court in question.

Pre-scheduling for requesting services in the territorial subdivisions of the PSA is available here: https://programare.asp.gov.md/qwebbook/index.jsp?lang=ro

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Step 1. Submitting the application
The application for the dissolution of marriage shall be submitted in the following ways:
1) at the civil status service, including within the Multifunctional Centre of the Public Services Agency of the territorial radius where both or one of the spouses are domiciled or at the civil status body where the marriage was registered, for cases of dissolution of the marriage by joint agreement;
2) to the court, if the spouses do not consent to the registration of the divorce by joint agreement or if one of the spouses is unable to go to the civil status body;
3) at the Diplomatic Missions and/or Consular Offices (DMCO) of the Republic of Moldova, in cases of divorce by joint agreement and temporary residence or temporary stay of Moldovan citizens abroad (the applicant's state of residence abroad).
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Step 2. Paying for the service
Payment of the tariff for the requested service through the Government Electronic Payment Service MPay.
In accordance with the provisions of Article 3 letter b) of the Law no. 213/2023 on the state tax, the state tax shall be charged upon divorce registration, also taking into account the provisions of the court judgment in this regard (for the cases of divorce pronounced judicially), set out in Annex no.2 to the mentioned Law.
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Step 3. Processing and Examination
Verification and examination of documents submitted by the declarants.
Identification of the civil status documents in the civil status registers' archival fonds (birth, marriage documents).
Verification of the existence/absence in the information resources of the civil status document relating to the same legal fact, drawn up previously.
Reconciliation and verification of personal data (including from the operative part of the court judgment/notary's conclusion) with data from the civil status documents identified in the archival fonds.
Verification of the presence of the spouses at the registration of the divorce by joint agreement (documents justifying the spouse's non-attendance/ declaration in which the spouse expresses his/her consent to the dissolution of the marriage in his/her absence).
Registering the divorce document in the information systems and issuing divorce certificates.
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Step 4. Signing the divorce documents and handing over the divorce certificates
Signing the divorce documents and handing over the divorce certificates: at the CSS counter, including within the Multifunctional Centre of the Public Services Agency, and abroad, at the DMCO of the Republic of Moldova, for the cases of divorce by joint agreement.

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In accordance with the provisions of point 1, section 1 of Annex no. 3 to Government Decision no. 966/2020 on the services provided by the Public Services Agency, the service is provided free of charge to the following categories of persons, citizens of the Republic of Moldova:
1. persons with severe, accentuated or moderate disability;
2. persons who, according to the normative framework, have the status of war veteran;
3. pensioners receiving old-age pensions under Law no. 156 /1998 on the public pension system;
4. participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident;
5. victims of trafficking in human beings, on the basis of the approach issued by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection or by the territorial social assistance structures or by the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
6. persons who are in the care of the state, placed in a residential placement service or in a specialized medical and sanitary social institution;
7. children left without parental care and children temporarily left without parental care;
8. major persons up to the age of 25 who do not have an identity card and who, at the age of 18, had the status of children left without parental care, in order to obtain a birth certificate transcribed in their own name.
Application for the service of issuing the certificate/duplicate of the certificate of civil status document free of charge shall be examined within the maximum time limit set for the provision of the service concerned, except:
1. the application of victims of trafficking in human beings for obtaining birth certificates in their own name, necessary for the issuance of the identity card, on the basis of the approach issued by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection or by the territorial social assistance structures or by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which shall be examined within up to 15 working days;
2. the application of the legal representative or guardian authority on behalf of children left without parental care and orphaned children who will go for rehabilitation, recovery or medical treatment abroad, on the basis of the approach issued by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova, which shall be examined within up to 15 working days.
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Registration of divorce on the basis of a court judgment, notary's conclusion
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On the day of addressing. Completion of the registered divorce document (based on the court judgment, notary's conclusion, subsequent request of the person).
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Registration of divorce: 1) on the basis of the joint declaration of the spouses (the tariff is for one document); 2) on the basis of the declaration of one of the spouses (the tariff is for one document).

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