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An application for a declaration as to marital or Civil partnership status may be made where there is doubt as to the validity or recognition of a marriage or civil partnership, or of a Divorce/dissolution, Annulment or legal separation obtained in any country outside England and Wales. Subject to the requirements as to jurisdiction, a declaration can be sought in relation to a marriage or civil partnership which took place in either England and Wales or in a foreign jurisdiction.

See also Practice Notes: Recognition of overseas marriage or civil partnership and Recognition of overseas divorce or dissolution of civil partnership.

An application may be made for a declaration as to marital status under section 55 of the Family Law Act 1986 (FLA 1986). The application may be for a declaration that:

1. •

   the marriage was at its inception a valid marriage

2. •

   the marriage subsisted on a date specified in the application

3. •

   the marriage did not subsist on a date so specified

An application may also be made for:

1. •

   a declaration