- How to end a fictitious marriage
- Fictitious marriage: features of divorce
- Recognize marriage fictitious Ukraine
- Dissolve a fictitious marriage with a foreigner
- Divorce if the marriage is fictitious, without being present in Ukraine
- Dissolve a fictitious marriage if it is not known where the other party is
- Lawyer services: dissolution of a fictitious marriage
How to end a fictitious marriage
Very often in Ukraine, a fictitious marriage is made with a foreigner or a Ukrainian citizen to resolve various issues – obtaining foreign citizenship, traveling abroad, material gain, and so on. Therefore, the question arises of how to terminate a fictitious marriage.

Fictitious marriage: features of divorce
Often in Ukraine and in other countries, fictitious marriages are formalized in order to achieve the personal goals of one of the spouses or a married couple. Over time, one of the parties may want to dissolve the marriage or recognize it as fictitious.
Recognizing a marriage as fictitious is a rather complicated procedure that requires a solid evidence base. So, it is possible to annul a marriage, that is, to recognize it as fictitious, through the registry office and through the court.
To recognize the marriage as fictitious in the registry office, the spouses must submit an appropriate application and attach an evidence base stating that the marriage was entered into in violation of family law.
You can annul a marriage through the court by filing a statement of claim, which should also be accompanied by evidence confirming the fictitious marriage.
Recognize marriage fictitious Ukraine
Many lawyers recommend not recognizing the marriage as fictitious, but divorcing through the court, since the divorce procedure in court is simpler than recognizing the fictitious marriage.
Therefore, if you need to dissolve a fictitious marriage, it is best to contact a family lawyer and choose the best option for resolving your issue.
Dissolve a fictitious marriage with a foreigner
Quite often, a fictitious marriage is concluded with a foreigner. The purpose of such a marriage may be to obtain citizenship or a residence permit – both for a foreigner in Ukraine and for a Ukrainian citizen in another country.
The difficulty of dissolving a fictitious marriage with a foreigner may lie in the fact that a foreign citizen cannot be present in Ukraine during a divorce or his whereabouts are unknown.
Such situations are far from uncommon today, so family lawyers know how to resolve such an issue and quickly terminate a fictitious marriage.
Divorce if the marriage is fictitious, without being present in Ukraine
If one of the spouses cannot be present in Ukraine to dissolve the marriage, then you should file a divorce without the presence of one party or dissolve the marriage online.
Online divorce is possible by filing a claim for divorce. You can independently file a lawsuit in court, as well as collect the necessary list of documents, certificates and evidence in order to dissolve the marriage. Or you can contact a lawyer who will independently do everything necessary to dissolve a fictitious marriage with a foreigner.
Dissolve a fictitious marriage if it is not known where the other party is
It is possible to dissolve a fictitious marriage, if it is not known where the other party is, with the help of the judicial authorities. You need to prepare an application for divorce, collect all the documents. In the application, you can indicate the last known address where your spouse lived.
The judicial authorities will send a notice to the specified address to familiarize the spouse with the commencement of divorce proceedings. The dissolution of a marriage with a spouse who does not know where he is, may be delayed due to the absence of the other party.
In this case, you can speed up the divorce process with the help of a family lawyer.
Lawyer services: dissolution of a fictitious marriage
A family lawyer will help you dissolve a fictitious marriage with a foreigner or Ukrainian citizen in a short time. You can be abroad or in another city, and the lawyer will take on all the responsibilities for the dissolution of a fictitious marriage.
You should not put off until later the resolution of the issue of dissolution of a fictitious marriage, as this may entail negative consequences – financial, changes in marital status, resolving issues about children, etc. Call or write to the lawyers of our law firm at the numbers indicated on the website to quickly resolve your issue.

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