Aufhebung bzw. „Scheidung“ der Lebenspartnerschaft

Would you like to have your civil partnership dissolved? Then you must submit a corresponding application to the family court.

A civil partnership is dissolved by a judgment of the family court at the request of one or both civil partners.

The civil partners must be represented by a lawyer in the dissolution proceedings, i.e. they must also submit the application for dissolution in this way.
If a civil partner does not wish to submit their own application in the annulment proceedings, they can agree to the annulment without instructing a lawyer.

This depends on the individual case.

The prerequisite for annulment is that the partners

• either have been separated for one year and
  • both partners apply for the annulment or the other agrees, or
  • it cannot be expected that a cohabiting partnership can be re-established,
• or if the partners have been separated for three years.

In addition, the court can dissolve the civil partnership regardless of the duration of the separation if the continuation of the civil partnership would represent an unreasonable hardship for the person making the application for reasons relating to the partner.

Attorney and court fees will be charged in accordance with the statutory scale of fees.

In the run-up to the dissolution of a civil partnership, there are many matters to be settled and formalities to be completed. It is advisable to seek advice from a lawyer in this regard.

A civil partnership is dissolved by judgment at the request of one or both partners.

The local court (family court) in whose district the civil partners have their common habitual residence has jurisdiction. Your lawyer will inform you about the details.