Post your completed application form with your certified documents and payment to:
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
PO Box 15188
CITY EAST QLD 4002
We will begin to process your application when we receive your documents.
Civil partnerships end if either partner passes away or gets married, or either partner can apply to end the relationship.
If you need to show an organisation that your civil partnership ended because of death or marriage, you should ask them directly what proof they need. They may want an official death or marriage certificate, or a statutory declaration from you.
If you end your Queensland civil partnership through us, you can apply to us for an updated certificate showing it has ended after the termination period.
When you apply to end your Queensland civil partnership, it will not be registered until 90 full days after we get your compliant application. This is known as the termination period. An application is compliant when it has been completed in full and submitted with all required supporting documents.
You or your partner (or both of you) can choose to withdraw your application during these 90 full days.
If your civil partnership was registered outside of Queensland, contact us.
Marriages can't be ended using this application form. See the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia for information about ending a marriage.
To end a civil partnership (not a marriage), you must:
If only one partner is signing the application form, you must also give a copy of it to the other registered partner. You can do this by:
After you have done this, you need to complete the statutory declaration for a single applicant, stating:
To end your civil partnership (not a marriage), you need to:
Fill in the end a civil partnership application form
Post your completed application form with your certified documents and payment to:
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
PO Box 15188
CITY EAST QLD 4002
We will begin to process your application when we receive your documents.
Visit any of the following locations:
You will need to work out the total cost of your order and make sure you pay the correct amount. You can pay:
We will accept cash at the customer service centre but prefer contactless payments such as EFTPOS or credit card.
We do not accept personal cheques or cheques issued from outside Australia (in any currency).
Make Australian-drawn cheques and money orders payable to 'Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages'.
Item | Cost |
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End a civil partnership (non-refundable) | $83.00 |
Replacement official civil partnership certificate with end of partnership note (standard postage included) | $54.40 |
Standard postage is included in the price when you order a certificate to be sent by mail.
You can choose to have your certificate sent by express or registered post for a fee.
Item | Cost |
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Express post | $8.55 |
Registered post | $8.10 |
International registered mail | $18.55 |
We value identity protection, so we recommend that you choose registered post. This ensures your certificate's delivery can be tracked and delivered to you more securely within Australia.
International registered mail is used for overseas deliveries. However, this can’t be tracked and signing on delivery is only available in some countries.
The fee you pay is for you to submit your application and for us to review it.
You will lose the fee paid if we refuse your application or you cancel it after we have started to review it.
Please read our refund policy.
Email bdm-mail@justice.qld.gov.au, we reply to online enquiries within 2 business days.
Online: our general enquiry form.
By phone: local call* 13 QGOV (13 74 68) or international +61 7 3022 6100 (+10 hours UTC)—phone lines are open Monday to Friday, 8.30am–4.30pm.
*Costs may be higher from mobile phones and interstate.
If you are unable to complete the application form online, you can use the PDF application form and apply by post or in person.
Get the end a civil partnership application form.
Get the statutory declaration for a single applicant to end a registered relationship if your partner is not signing the application form.
Complete the civil partnership certificate application and submit by post or in person.