Dissolve a Civil partnership - Separation

Verified 19 mars 2024 - Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister), Ministry of Justice

Your situation

  • You want to separate
  • The two partners agree to separate
  • The Civil partnerships have been in place since November 2017
  • The Civil partnerships were recorded at the town hall
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The situation varies depending on whether or not the two of you agree to separate.

Request from 2 partners

It depends on when you made your Civil partnership.

Civil partnerships concluded since November 2017

The process depends on the authority that recorded your Civil partnership.

Civil partnerships registered at the town hall

You can do this by mail or by traveling.

By postal mail

You must contact the City Hall that registered your Civil partnership.

Regardless of your nationality, you must issue a joint declaration of dissolution of Civil partnerships.

You must use the cerfa n°15789 form:

Joint declaration of dissolution of a Civil partnership

Each partner must attach a photocopy of an identity document to the shipment.

You must send the form to the city hall, by post RAR.

Who shall I contact

The registrar register the dissolution of the Civil partnership.

It informs your town halls of birth.

The dissolution of the Civil partnership is indicated in the margin of your birth certificates (or on the register of the civil registry office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs if you are a foreigner born abroad).

You can to apply for a birth certificate to check that the dissolution of the Civil partnership has been added in margin of your birth certificate.

The City Hall will send you a confirmation of registration by post.

It shall retain your joint written declaration of dissolution.

The Civil partnerships shall be dissolved with effect from:

  • From its registration by the town hall between you 2
  • From the day on which the formalities for publicity have been completed for the third party

Each partner takes back his personal assets.

The commons are shared in accordance with the rules laid down by the Civil partnerships.

Anyone can prove by any means that he owns a property.

In the event of disagreement, you can refer the following issues to the Family Court Judge:

  • Property consequences of the break-up
  • Compensation for the damage resulting therefrom
Who shall I contact
On the spot

You can go there, to the town hall that registered your Civil partnership.

Some town halls require the 2 partners to be physically present.

You must address you to the mayor's office who registered the Civil partnerships.

Who shall I contact

Regardless of your nationality, you must present a joint declaration of dissolution of Civil partnerships.

You must use the cerfa n°15789 form:

Joint declaration of dissolution of a Civil partnership

Each partner must present the identity documents of the 2 partners (original or copy).

The registrar register the dissolution of the Civil partnership.

It informs your town halls of birth.

The dissolution of the Civil partnership is indicated in the margin of your birth certificates (or on the register of the civil registry office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs if you are a foreigner born abroad).

You can to apply for a birth certificate to check that the dissolution of the Civil partnership has been added in margin of your birth certificate.

The City Hall provides you with a confirmation of registration.

It shall retain your joint written declaration of dissolution.

The Civil partnerships shall be dissolved with effect from:

  • From its registration by the town hall between you 2
  • From the day on which the formalities for publicity have been completed for the third party

Each partner takes back his personal assets.

The commons are shared in accordance with the rules laid down by the Civil partnerships.

Anyone can prove by any means that he owns a property.

In the event of disagreement, you can refer the following issues to the Family Court Judge:

  • Property consequences of the break-up
  • Compensation for the damage resulting therefrom
Who shall I contact

Who can help me?

Find who can answer your questions in your region

  • To inquire

    Telephone administrative information - Allo Public Service

    • accès

      For more information on this topic, you can contact Allô Service Public.

      Attention: the service does not have access to users' personal files and cannot therefore provide information on their status.

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      • Lundi : de 08h30 à 17h30
      • Mardi : de 08h30 à 12h15
      • Mercredi : de 08h30 à 12h15
      • Jeudi : de 08h30 à 17h30
      • Vendredi : de 13h00 à 16h15

    • Request a call

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    • service

      The informants who answer you are from the Department of Justice.

  • To inquire

    Legal permanence

  • To inquire about Civil partnerships made abroad and whether the partners still reside abroad

    French Embassy or Consulate Abroad

  • To inquire

    Notary

  • To refer to the family court judge in case of disagreement on the division of property

    Judicial Tribunal
  • Commissioner of Justice (former bailiff and judicial auctioneer)

  • Central Civil Registry Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Central Civil Registry - Civil Directory

    For an application for a certificate of non-registration in the civil register of foreign persons born abroad

    By mail

    Central Civil Registry Office - Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Department of Operations

    Civil partnerships Section

    11 White House Street

    44941 Nantes Cedex 09

    By telephone

    01 41 86 42 47

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