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Filing for divorce

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A marriage may be dissolved by a court decision, i.e. by divorce. A divorce may be granted after a six-month cooling-off period or after the spouses have lived apart for the last two years without interruption. When considering a divorce, the court does not examine the reasons for the divorce application.

The application for divorce is filed with the district court of either spouse’s municipality ...

Do the following

Instructions for applying for divorce through the OmaTuomioistuin service:

  1. Go to the e-service at omatuomioistuin.fi and log in with strong identification.
  2. After logging in, you must then register the OmaTuomioistuin service as your procedural address. This will ensure that you receive all relevant messages in the service. At the same time, you must also provide an email address to which you want to receive notifications of new messages arriving in the service.
  3. Fill in the application for divorce in the e-service and send it electronically via the service to the district court of either spouse's municipality of residence.

If you cannot use the MyCourt service, you must file your divorce application in writing:

  1. Fill in the application form according to the instructions, for example, using a ready-made pdf form.
  2. Submit the application to the district court of the place of residence of either spouse in person, by post or by email.
  3. An application submitted electronically does not need to be signed if the identity of the sender is not in doubt.
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Text edited by: The Ju­di­ciary
Updated: 1/7/2026

Basic information

Information on fees

A fee is charged for the service.

The cost of a divorce is EUR 240.

The fee for the further processing of an application after the reflection period is EUR 115.

If the case goes to trial, the fee is the same as for a civil case.

Area

Whole Finland

Available languages

Finnish, Swedish