Filing for divorce is now possible in a new e-service

The Na­tional Courts Ad­min­is­tra­tion has opened a new e-ser­vice for cit­i­zens, through which it is pos­si­ble to file for di­vorce. The OmaTuomiois­tuin e-ser­vice fa­cil­i­tates the ap­pli­ca­tion phase and of­fers the op­por­tu­nity to fol­low the progress of the di­vorce mat­ter. Next year, the use of the ser­vice will be ex­panded to other ap­pli­ca­tion mat­ters, as well as civil and crim­i­nal mat­ters in dis­trict courts.

In the OmaTuomioistuin e-service, you can file for divorce and send messages to the court and receive messages from the court. The divorce application is filed in the OmaTuomioistuin e-service with the district court of the municipality of residence of one of the spouses. One of the spouses can submit the application in the service alone or together with the other spouse. If the divorce is filed together, one of the spouses must first file an application and the other spouse will visit the e-service after it has been submitted to state that he or she agrees with the application.

A customer can also activate the e-service in a matter that is already pending by logging in to the e-service and providing the e-service as your process address. Once the customer has entered the e-service as his or her process address, he or she will receive an e-mail notification that a new message has been received in the e-service.

You can check the deadlines related to the reconsideration period in the e-service. The divorce application in the second stage can also be filed in the e-service once the reconsideration period has passed.

The use of the e-service requires that the customer can use strong identification (Suomi.fi identification). The e-service can display divorce matters for which the personal identity code of the person using the e-service has been saved. If it is not possible to use the OmaTuomioistuin e-service, you can file for divorce using the PDF form available on the courts.fi website , for example.

The easiest way to find the OmaTuomioistuin e-service (asiointi.oikeus.fi/yleisettuomioistuimet) is at the address omatuomioistuin.fi. It can also be accessed via the home page of the judicial administration e-services (the judicial administration e-services, in the section of general courts).

Watch a video on filing for divorce in the OmaTuomioistuin e-service: https://youtu.be/dZoKfMKXFaE

Further information: Heidi Lindqvist, Senior Specialist at the National Courts Administration, tel. 029 565 0561, firstnamne.lastname@oikeus.fi