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Divorce made under Dominican Republic laws is absolutely legal WORLDWIDE in accordance with International Law provided it is A BILATERAL, UNCONTESTED DIVORCE. All of our clients have successfully registered divorce with IRS, Immigration, Social Security Administration with no problem whatsoever.
Dominican divorce is feasible for people looking to divorce provided :1) Both spouses agree on divorce (and every aspect of division of assets and marital life)
2) At least one of spouses attend a hearing in Dominican Republic and the spouse not attending grants power of attorney to lawyer in D.R. to represent her/him in court.
Individuals of any nationality have the right to get divorced anywhere in the world complying with the residency requirements of each jurisdiction. Dominican Republic divorce law specifically waives this residency requirement provided the requirements listed above are met. Please find enclosed complete information on divorce process, timetables and costs; kindly review this information and get back to us with any further questions you may have.
Must of our clients come from California and New York but we have performed divorce processes for citizens of North Carolina, Maryland, Wisconsin, Florida, Illinois, Texas, Massachusetts, and many more. Many of our clients have re-married and successfully registered divorce with IRS, Immigration Service, Social Security Administration, etc.
Available to foreigners or Dominican citizens residing abroad, when both Spouses agree to file this divorce before Dominican Courts. This procedure is very simple and only requires the attendance of one of the spouses during the hearing which takes usually less than half an hour and you can leave Dominican Republic the same day in the afternoon. It takes ten to fifteen days to obtain your divorce decree, which is to be sent to your home or office by courier In cases where parties have properties, bank accounts, children, or special arrangements for support, insurance the parties should sign a separation agreement; This document is drafted by our office and should include spouses complete data, a list of property and division of assets, the statement regarding minor children and support agreement, your desire of divorcing before a Dominican Court and the authorization of one of the spouses to the other to attend to hearing on her/his behalf. We strongly recommend this document to be revised by an attorney in client´s jurisdiction in order to confirm it complies with spouses’ local law; however, this is not mandatory. In cases with no children or assets is not necessary to execute a separation agreement.
Our firm also provides you with a Special Power of Attorney through which the party that is not coming to Dominican Republic grants express permission to the other spouse to start the divorce process on his/her behalf and expressly grants authorization to us as appointed attorneys to represent him/her in hearing and sign the stipulations and conventions agreement needed to be sign once the client has arrived to Santo Domingo and to the courts of the Dominican Republic to rule on the divorce. Both these documents (separation agreement and power of attorney) must be signed by the parties before Notary Public and legalized by the Apostille procedure (Convention of Hague on legalization of documents) For countries not member to the Hague Convention, a legalization by Domincan Republic Consulate will be necessary. A detailed instruction on signature and legalization process is sent to client together with documents to be signed.
Complete fees to be charged are:
US$1,650.00 (for couples without children) including:
*Professional fees
*Drafting of settlement agreement
*Provision of interpretation by Official Translator before the judge
*Official fees and taxes to be paid to court;
*Translation into English of Divorce Decree
*Authentication of documents with Dominican authorities for filing in court,
*Legalization at party’s consulate;
Remittance of divorce decree by courier.
In order to start process and draft necessary documents we need to have the following documents/information either by email or fax:
Procedure: In order to start the procedure it would be necessary for you to send us:
1. Copies of the marriage certificate issued and of birth certificates of minor children (if any). These documents can be sent by fax (809) 540 8002 or by email w.diaz@wdalaw.com / info@wdalaw.com
(A CERTIFIED COPY SHOULD BE SENT BY COURIER TOGETHER WITH SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND POWER OF ATTORNEY)
2. Copy of the passports (or driver’s license; I.D. card, any picture I.D.) of the spouses to verify identity and draft the documents.
3. Complete names and addresses
4. Any decisions made by the parties regarding assets and children custody.
5. First Payment (equal to US$ 550.00)
Drafted documents will be sent by email for the parties to print them out and sign in front of a notary public for further legalization with the APOSTILLE legalization (Convention of the Hague on legalization of documents tha eliminates the need of legalizing documents at Consulates for member countries) For clients of countries not members of the Hague Convention, legalization should be made at nearest Dominican Republic Consulate.
Original, legalized documents should be sent to our office in SANTO DOMINGO with second payment US$550.00 plus US$65.00 per child (if any), we proceed to do corresponding translations, authenticate documents with them with Dominican authorities and finally file them together with petition to court. Hearing day can be granted for the immediate following week and thus, client should be in permanent contact with us to let us know the dates when is possible to travel.
The spouse that is to attend hearing in Santo Domingo will only have to spend 1 night in Dominican Republic and usually will leave the same day right after hearing. A third payment of US$550.00 should be settled by client upon arrival and before attending hearing. US$99.00 fee towards legalization, registration and remittance of decree by UPS or FEDEX will be charged when decree is ready to be sent to client
HEARING DAY: Court hearings start at 9:00 AM; divorce hearings are the first ones to be
called; however, we cannot anticipate the exact time of client’s specific hearing and thus is mandatory for the client to be at 9:00 AM sharp at court. Please be sure to bring to hearing your passport and other piece of identification (social security card, identification id, driver’s license) plus a legible copy of spouse passport or picture I.D. The day of hearing, formal attire is required (office kind attire).
Please contact your travel agent in order to determine documents needed to enter Dominican Republic. Citizens of U.S. and Canada and major European countries do not require of a visa but of a valid passport and a tourist card which can be provided either by your travel agent or at your arrival at the Dominican Airport.
Payments:
1) First payment in the amount of US$550.00 is required in order to start paper work.
2) Second payment US$550.00 with original documents in order to complete legalizations and translations; file petition in court. Please add US$65.00 per child to this payment
3) Third payment of US$550.00 Upon client’s arrival to Santo Domingo.
CREDIT AND DEBIT CARDS ACCEPTED. Payments can also be sent by WIRE TRANSFER to our accounts. Please contact us for details.
HOUSING: There are very good ocean view hotels available near courthouse. We´ll provide you with a list of recommended hotels for all budgets.
Should you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us either by email
w.diaz@wdalaw.com / divorce@wdalaw.com or by phone 809 540 8001 / 809 540 5687. We are
willing to serve our clients on a 24/7 basis and will give you feedback as soon as possible.
Managing Partner
WDA INTERNATIONAL LAW FIRM
http://www.wdalaw.com
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