The Morillo Suriel firm has a division specialized in Family Law, which is the area from which divorce proceedings in the Dominican Republic are derived from.
Documents required for divorce by mutual consent:
- Duly legalized or stamped marriage certificate (if the marriage took place abroad).
- Children’s birth certificate (if applicable).
- Proof of asset ownership (if applicable).
- Proof of Address for both parties.
Divorce for cause requirements in the Dominican Republic.
- Parties have not reached an agreement or have more than thirty (30) years of marriage.
- Establish the cause of Divorce: The reasons considered valid causes for this type of divorce are:
- Incompatibility of character.
- Adultery.
- Absence of one of the parties, declared by court.
- Criminal offence conviction of one of the spouses.
- Cruelty or physical abuse to one of the parties caused by the other.
- Desertion by one of the spouses.
- Drug or alcohol abuse.
For the divorce to take place in the Dominican Republic, one of the following conditions must be met:
- One of the parties must be a Dominican citizen (even if the marriage took place outside of the Dominican Republic);
- The marriage must have taken place in the Dominican Republic (even if both parties are foreigners, NOT domiciled in the Dominican Republic).
- One of the parties must legally reside in the Dominican Republic (even if they are foreigners and the Marriage took place abroad).