Stamp duty / court fee for divorce in Ukraine
From January 1, 2021, the court fee for divorce has changed. The amount of the duty / court fee depends on the circumstances of the divorce.
The cost of the state fee / court fee in case of divorce depends on the following factors:
- divorce occurs in the registry office or in court;
- the question of the division of property is raised or not;
- the problem of collecting alimony is being solved – you can find out the answers to frequently asked questions about collecting funds for a child below
What determines the size of the state duty / court fee in case of divorce in Ukraine?
The main document regulating the amount of the state fee / court fee in Ukraine is the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated January 21, 1993 No. 7-93 “On the state fee” and Law of Ukraine” On court fee “[/ mask_link]. If we are talking about divorce simultaneously with the division of the spouses’ property, then the cost of the court fee will be determined, inter alia, taking into account the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine, that is, for filing a claim of a property nature with the court.
State duty is a mandatory payment levied for the commission of legally significant actions or the issuance of documents by authorized bodies or officials.
Court fee – a fee levied throughout Ukraine for filing applications, complaints to the court, for the issuance of documents by the courts, as well as in the case of certain court decisions provided for by this Law. The court fee is included in court costs.
Today, the cost of divorce will depend on how the divorce occurs between spouses:
- through the registry office;
- judicially.
In turn, divorce through the registry office and through the court also have their own characteristics in terms of paying the state fee / court fee and require more detailed consideration.
The amount of the duty in the registry office on the certificate of divorce in Ukraine
In order to break a family union through the state registration of acts of civil status (Civil Registry Office), the spouses must meet a number of mandatory conditions:
- The desire to end a marriage should be general (except for cases specified by law).
- The couple does not have common minor children.
A receipt for payment of the state duty with the necessary details is issued by the specialists of the registry office for payment at the nearest bank branch directly on the day of filing the application for divorce. A receipt for payment of this public service is a mandatory attachment to the application, and without it, a divorce certificate cannot be issued. Also, today in most departments of the registry office in Ukraine there are already terminals for making payments for services directly on the spot.
State fee for unilateral divorce in Ukraine
In exceptional cases, the law does not prohibit unilateral divorce due to the registry office – when it is impossible to obtain the consent of the other spouse, because he:
- declared missing by the court;
- declared legally incompetent by a court decision.
Judicial Divorce Fee in Ukraine
The cost of divorce in court as of 2021 is 908 hryvnia.
Also, it is worth paying attention to the fact that if the plaintiff, when filing a statement of claim, incorrectly determined and paid the amount of the court fee, the court will make a decision and independently indicate the required amount of the court fee to be paid.
If, when filing a statement of claim, the plaintiff does not have the entire amount to pay the court fee, it is possible to ask for a deferral (installment plan) of its payment, or the court may decide to reduce its amount due to the documented difficult financial situation of the plaintiff.
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