Divorce
Date - Notice of Intended Marriage
by
Jennifer
Cram 26 February 2019 |

The
Notice of Intended Marriage asks for the date on which
your last marriage ended in order to establish that you
are now legally free to marry again.
For a divorce this is not the date the court granted the
divorce. It is the date (one month and one day later in
Australia) on which the divorce became final.
The difference between the court saying
Yes to
your divorce (sometimes called the
Decree Nisi)
and the date on which your divorce became final
(sometimes called the
Decree Absolute) is like
the difference between the date of the proposal
(when you said
Yes) and your wedding date (when
it got real)!
Important to know if you got divorced overseas:
Australia recognises overseas divorces. And all you need
to do is to provide documentary evidence that your
divorce is final in order to marry here. However, in
some places, while the court may stamp your divorce is
final, there may be an additional waiting time after the
divorce is final before you can legally remarry. And in
some places those conditions are different for men and
women. If you marry before waiting out that period your
marriage may not be recognised back home, even if it is
legal here.
You can download the Notice of Intended Marriage form
here