Statutory Register of Dissolutions

The Statutory Register of Dissolutions of a Civil Partnership starts in 2007.

You can order an official extract from the register.

The amount of information on extract decree of dissolution of a civil partnership is limited.  You can expect to find the following:

• names and addresses of both parties (the applicant and the respondent)
• sheriff court
• court reference number
• date of decree of dissolution of the civil partnership
• date of registration of the civil partnership
• place of registration of the civil partnership

You can find out further information about the history of divorce in Scotland and related registers in the following research guides:

• Divorce and Separation Records (including a history of divorce in Scotland)
• Statutory Register of Divorces (from 1984)
• Statutory Register of Civil Partnerships (from 2005)