Recognition of Foreign Religious Marriages in the Netherlands

by Fei An Kersten

Question(s) at stake

Whether the Dutch legal system recognizes the validity of an Ethiopian religious marriage.

Outcome of the ruling

A religious marriage conducted in Ethiopia can be recognized as valid in the Netherlands, provided that it fulfills the requirements stipulated by Ethiopian family law for the solemnization of a marriage.

Country:

Netherlands

Official citation

District Court The Hague, Judgement of 16 January 2019, Case nr. C/09/548540 / FA RK 18-1331 (Uitspraak Rechtbank Den Haag, 16 januari 2019)

ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2019:420

Topic(s)

Keywords:

Marriage and partnership Religious marriage Situations created abroad Validity

Tag(s):

Ethiopian marriage law Recognition of a religious marriage

Bibliographic information

Kersten, Fei An (2024): Recognition of Foreign Religious Marriages in the Netherlands, Department of Law and Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany, CUREDI076NL001, https://doi.org/10.48509/CUREDI076NL001.

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About the authors

Fei An Kersten (Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Netherlands)