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Divorce intake form

Around ninety fields, about half an hour. The court asks for these details, and without them the petition cannot be filed. Leave blank what you do not know; what you enter stays on this device until you send it.

1. The divorce
Is this divorce uncontested?This decides whether one lawyer is enough, and with it the cost.
Is there a divorce settlement agreement?A notarial contract about the consequences of the divorce: pensions, assets, maintenance, the home.
The agreement
What does the agreement cover?Tick what the deed sets out.
Name and town as they appear on the deed.
The number is on the first page, 123/2026 for instance.
2. Your details
All of them, including the ones you never use.
Only where it differs from your name today.
Where there is more than one, please name them all. It helps decide which law applies.
Only if you do not live in Germany.
Only if you moved there within the past year. The start of the month is enough.
One on which we can reach you without it becoming awkward.
In euros. An estimate is fine. The figure determines the value of the matter and with it the costs.
3. The other side
Street, number, postcode and town.
Is the address known?If not, the court has to serve by public notice. That takes longer, but it is possible.
Only if they do not live in Germany.
If you do not know it, estimate or leave the field blank.
Name and firm, if you have already had a letter.
4. The marriage
Only if you married abroad.
Where you married abroad: the country and the authority.
It is at the top of the certificate. No harm done if you cannot find it.
Is there a marital agreement?A notarial contract before or during the marriage.
Only where there is one. A sentence is enough, we look at the deed at the appointment.
Have you agreed which law applies to the divorce?Such a choice of law is in the marital agreement or in a notarial deed of its own.
Only if you have agreed on one, Spanish law for instance.
Was it the first marriage?
5. The separation
If you do not know the exact date, take the beginning of the month.
How are you living now?
Was there an attempt at reconciliation?A short attempt does not interrupt the year of separation. Tell us all the same.
Only where there was an attempt.
Voluntary. Write only what you want to write.
If the other side does not agree
What does the other side say about the divorce?
An approximate date is enough, such as the day of the conversation or of your letter.
What can show the date of the separation?The evidence matters if the other side disputes the date.
6. Your children
Do you have minor children together?If so, we ask five things about each child.
First child
The address and with whom. The law calls that the habitual residence.
For example: every second weekend and half the holidays. “Not at all” is an answer too.
Second child
The address and with whom. The law calls that the habitual residence.
For example: every second weekend and half the holidays. “Not at all” is an answer too.
Third child
The address and with whom. The law calls that the habitual residence.
For example: every second weekend and half the holidays. “Not at all” is an answer too.
All children together
Have you settled anything already?Tick what the two of you have discussed and kept to. It does not have to be in writing.
Was the youth welfare office involved?
Only where there was contact.
7. Maintenance
Is maintenance being paid at present?
In euros, for all the children together.
In euros, for the spouse.
Is there a title for it?A deed from the youth welfare office, a court order or a settlement.
Bürgergeld, housing benefit, child supplement, advance maintenance payments. This matters, because the authority can have claims of its own.
Nursery, tutoring, therapy, illness, sport. And the amounts, if you know them.
8. Home, money, debts
The marital home is
Even where you disagree about it, write down what you want.
Where it is, who owns it, what it is worth, what is left on the loan.
Accounts, securities, car, cash, in euros.
Estimated, in euros.
And what you inherited or were given during the marriage. Neither counts towards the accrued gains.
Who signed, and what is still outstanding.
Furniture, car, pets. Only the items that really matter.
9. Pensions
It is on every letter from the Deutsche Rentenversicherung.
Which rights do you hold?Tick everything that applies to you.
One per line, for both sides. That is what the court asks for.
Is one side already drawing a pension?
10. Courts and authorities
Are other family proceedings under way?
Including proceedings at the youth welfare office or the advance maintenance fund.
Do you need legal aid?
Further children, particular circumstances, open questions. And whatever did not fit above.
11. Your papers
Which documents do you already have?We will need these documents during the divorce. You can start gathering them now, but you do not need to send anything yet. Anything missing can follow later.
12. Your appointment

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