Recognition of Foreign Divorce Under UK Law

An overseas divorce obtained otherwise than by means of proceedings is recognized in the UK if:

• It is effective under the law of the country in which it was obtained.  
• At the date on which the divorce was obtained, both parties were domiciled in that country or one was domiciled there while the other was domiciled in a country which recognized the divorce.
• Neither party had been habitually resident in the UK throughout the period of one year immediately preceding that date.

See UK requirements for overseas divorce.

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