Separation Paper effectiveness

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mitz39 Active member

Member since 16 July 2015

mitz39Active member17 July 2015 03:44:12

Hi,

Me and my Norwegian boyfriend are planning to marry soon he get his divorce paper. My boyfriend have separation paper valid until January 11 2016. It stated that they have one year to recover the relationship as husband and wife and it is one year this coming January 11 2016. My question is after the said date is that mean we can get married??

arvictor New member

Member since 07 July 2015

arvictorNew member17 July 2015 03:48:38

Congratulations
I wish you happy life

pheebz0501 Serial expat

Member since 17 August 2014

pheebz0501Serial expat17 July 2015 03:58:59

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hi mitz.

i believe you can only get married once the divorce is final... separation technically, ur boyfriend is still married and he cant get married if he is just separated with his ex-wife.. he can apply for divorce at least one year after separation.. once the divorce is final, i think thats when he is free to marry you..

the validity is for the separation status... in my understanding, if the separation is valid until january 2016, then after that either they file for divorce, or their status will be back to "married" again...

source: Separation - Skatteetaten

mitz39 Active member

Member since 16 July 2015

mitz39Active member17 July 2015 04:09:41

pheebz0501 wrote:
hi mitz.

i believe you can only get married once the divorce is final... separation technically, ur boyfriend is still married and he cant get married if he is just separated with his ex-wife.. he can apply for divorce at least one year after separation.. once the divorce is final, i think thats when he is free to marry you..

the validity is for the separation status... in my understanding, if the separation is valid until january 2016, then after that either they file for divorce, or their status will be back to "married" again...

source: Separation - Skatteetaten

Hi,

Do you have idea if how many months or year it will take to get the divorce paper?

pheebz0501 Serial expat

Member since 17 August 2014

pheebz0501Serial expat17 July 2015 05:46:00

347

sadly, i have no idea how long a divorce proceeding will take..

what i can tell is that applying for a divorce does not automatically allow him to be free for marriage.. he has to wait until it is final or a judgement has been made:

10. When does the divorce finally dissolve the marriage?
According to the Marriage Act section 25 § 1, the divorce normally enters into effect on the day the licence is issued by the County Governor or the judgment is pronounced. A licence or judgement for divorce, however, does not give the right to contract a new marriage until the licence has become final or the judgment has become legally binding (the Marriage Act section 25 § 2).

so this may take a while after the application of divorce, depending on the grounds of separation or if consent (from the other spouse) is relevant..

source: Norway Divorce - pdf file

sorry if i cant help on this

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