What are the grounds for state registration of divorce?

1. Grounds for state registration of divorce shall be the following:

(1)    joint application of spouses for carrying out state registration of divorce, upon mutual consent;

(2)    application of one of the spouses, if the court has declared the other spouse as missing or having no active legal capacity, or the other spouse has been sentenced to imprisonment by a court judgment;

(3)    application of one of the spouses and the court judgment, having entered into legal force, in case of carrying out divorce through judicial procedure.

2. An application for state registration of divorce may be submitted, if:

(1)    the marriage being dissolved has been registered by bodies of Civil Status Acts Registration of the Republic of Armenia or consular offices of the Republic of Armenia;

(2)    the marriage being dissolved has been registered in a foreign state, and the Republic of Armenia is entitled to dissolve the marriage on the basis of an international bilateral or multilateral treaty.

What documents are submitted for state registration of divorce?

1. The following documents are submitted for state registration of divorce:

(1)    identification document(s) or the copy(ies) of the identification document(s) of the person(s) dissolving the marriage;

(2)    certificate of state registration of a marriage, if available, or data on state registration of a marriage — registering body, place and time;

(3)    copy or extract of the court judgment, having entered into legal force, on declaring one of the spouses as missing;

(4)    copy or extract of the court judgment, having entered into legal force, on declaring one of the spouses as having no active legal capacity;

(5)    copy or extract of the court judgment, having entered into legal force, on sentencing one of the spouses to imprisonment;

(6)    court judgment, having entered into legal force, on registering the divorce through judicial procedure;

(7)    copy of the decision of the competent body on appointing a legal representative for the person declared as having no active legal capacity;

2. In case the application on state registration of a divorce is submitted through an authorised person, the application containing the information defined by this Article filled out by the person shall also be submitted, through an approved notarial procedure.

3. The following information shall be indicated in the application on divorce:

(1)    surname (prior to divorce or after divorce), name, father's name, place and time of birth, citizenship, place of residence of the persons getting divorced, as well as their nationality, educational background, workplace — upon the will of the applicant;

(2)    passport data of persons getting divorced;

(3)    data on registration of acts of marriage;

(4)    selected day of state registration of the divorce;

(5)    on the wish to reduce the time limits of state registration of a divorce;

4. After state registration of a divorce, the spouse having changed his or her surname during state registration of the marriage is entitled to maintain that surname after divorce or restore, upon his or her consent, the premarital surname.

What is the procedure for state registration of divorce?

1. State registration of divorce is carried out in a month after the day on which the application on divorce is submitted.

2. The application submitted for state registration of divorce is in effect for six months.

3. In case separate applications on divorce are submitted by spouses, the time limit shall start running from the day of entry of the second application on divorce.

4. The day of state registration of divorce shall be appointed upon the will (joint will) of the persons getting divorced. Changes of the day indicated in the application on state registration of divorce shall be made upon the application of one of the persons getting divorced.

5. The presence of persons getting divorced during the state registration of divorce is not mandatory.

6. State registration of divorce is carried out by the Agency on the day indicated in the application of persons getting divorced, without additional approval of the application, if, prior to that period, one of the persons getting divorced has not applied in writing to change the day of state registration of divorce or to withdraw the application.

7. The request on change of the day of state registration of divorce specified in the application or the request on withdrawal of the application on state registration of divorce shall be submitted before the working day preceding the day appointed for state registration of divorce through the official website of the Agency to the service centre or the body of the diplomatic service.

8. State certificates on the dissolved marriage available in the electronic management system shall be cancelled after state registration of the divorce.

9. Dissolving a marriage registered in foreign states is carried out by a procedure established by bilateral or multilateral international treaties.

Which body carries out the state registration of divorce?

State registration of divorce shall be carried out by the Civil Status Acts Registration Agency of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.

Who issues a certificate of divorce?

The hard copy of the certificate of divorce shall be issued by service centres of the Civil Status Acts Registration Agency of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia.

How much is the state duty?

• A state duty in the amount of 10-fold of the base duty totalling to AMD 10.000 00 shall be charged for registration of divorce, including for issuing a certificate of divorce.

The amount of fee charged for additional service shall be:

• Reduction of the time limit for state registration of divorce on the day appointed upon the will of divorcing parties — an additional fee in the amount of AMD 100.000.