Preparing the
application

Divorce application:the details the court needs

This is the intake form we would otherwise go through with you in the first conversation. It covers what § 133 FamFG requires for the divorce application. Filling it in beforehand saves the half hour at the appointment that we would otherwise spend taking down data.

The
intake form

One question first

Do you already know that you want to file the application?

I am still unsure

Then a conversation is the better start. We clarify whether and when a divorce comes into question for you at all, without you filling in ninety fields first.

Request a first conversation

I want to file the application

Then the form takes you through all the details the court needs. You can interrupt at any time and continue later.

Your entries are stored exclusively in this browser and deleted when you send them. Before sending, no piece of data leaves your device. You can close the page and continue later.

Instruction

Who instructs us, who files the application?

Only the applying side has to be represented. The other spouse consents to the application and needs no representation of their own for that.

Who gives the instruction?

Spouse 1Spouse 2

You determine the order: whoever you enter as Spouse 1 in the next section stays that throughout the form.

Who is to file the divorce application?

Spouse 1Spouse 2Still open

Does the other side consent to the divorce?

YesNoNot known

Without consent the divorce is more laborious after the year of separation, but after three years of separation it is possible in any case.

Spouse 1

Details of Spouse 1

Two notes on this sectionThe application requires the data of both spouses, even where only one side instructs us. Stating your religious affiliation is voluntary; it is needed only where leaving a church or a religious wedding plays a part in the proceedings.

Form of address

How would you like to be addressed? Ms, Mr, or not at all.

First name

Family name

Name at birth

Date of birth

Place of birth

Nationality

Street and number

Postcode and town

Telephone

Email

Occupation

Employer

Monthly net income

Tax class

Religious affiliation (voluntary)

May be left blank.

Spouse 2

Details of Spouse 2

Form of address

Ms, Mr, or not at all.

First name

Family name

Name at birth

Date of birth

Place of birth

Nationality

Street and number

Postcode and town

Telephone

Email

Occupation

Employer

Monthly net income

Tax class

Religious affiliation (voluntary)

May be left blank.

Marriage & separation

The wedding and the separation

More hangs on the date of separation than the year of separation: together with service of the application it sets the cut-off dates for the pension rights adjustment and for the accrued gains. We work those out, you only give us the day.

Date of the marriage

Registry office

Marriage register number

Is the marriage certificate available?

YesNo

Last joint place of residence

Helps determine which family court has jurisdiction (§ 122 FamFG).

Date of the separation

Circumstances of the separation

Briefly: moving out or separation within the home, since when separate finances and separate housekeeping.

Is there a prenuptial agreement?

YesNo

Home

The matrimonial home and household goods

Maintenance

Maintenance between the spouses

Retroactively, maintenance exists only from the moment it was demanded or disclosure was called for (§ 1613 BGB). The timing therefore decides whole months of money.

What this
form is

An intake form, not an official form

There is no official self-service form for a divorce in Germany. The application is a lawyer's pleading whose content § 133 FamFG prescribes; what many people call a “divorce form” is our intake form. It takes in advance what we would otherwise go through with you in the first conversation.

Sending it neither instructs us nor files an application. We look through your details, get back to you with a first assessment and send you the power of attorney. Only after that do the proceedings begin.

Contact

Would you rather talk first?

If you are not yet sure whether a divorce comes into question for you, a conversation is the better start.

Call us+49 69 97391424Mon–Fri · 10–13 & 15–18 Write an emailinfo@karcher-rechtsanwaelte.deReply usually within one working day Arrange an appointmentAt the office or via ZoomFrankenallee 230, Frankfurt-Gallus