Withdraw your application to end a civil partnership

If you apply to end your civil partnership in Queensland, it will not be ended until 90 full days after we get your compliant application. This is known as the termination period.

During these 90 days, only the partner (or partners) who submitted the application to end the civil partnership may choose to withdraw it. An application is compliant when it has been completed in full and submitted with all required supporting documents.

Rules for withdrawing your application

To withdraw your application to end a civil partnership, you must:

• be one of the partners in the relationship
• have an adult (18 or older) willing to witness your signature(s)
• have a Justice of the Peace or another authorised person certify your proof of ID documents (when applying by post)
• submit your application to withdraw within the 90-day termination period.

If one registered partner applied to end the civil partnership, that partner must be the one to apply to withdraw it.

If both registered partners applied to end the civil partnership, then both registered partners need to apply to withdraw it.

How to apply

To apply to withdraw your application to end your civil partnership, you need to:

1. Read and understand the rules above.
2. Complete, download and print the withdrawal application form.
3. Have another adult (18 or older) witness your signature(s) in the declaration section of your application form.
4. Visit a Justice of the Peace or another authorised person to certify your proof of ID documents.
5. Attach your certified proof of ID documents.
6. Submit your application form and certified documents to us by post or in person.

When posting your application, it must be received before the 90-day termination period has passed.

There is no fee to withdraw your application to end your civil partnership.

Submit by post

Post your completed application form with your certified documents to:

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
PO Box 15188
CITY EAST  QLD  4002

Submit in person

Visit the Brisbane registry customer service centre at Level 32, 180 Ann Street, Brisbane with your completed application form and your original proof of ID documents.

Fill in the withdraw your application to end a civil partnership

Contact us

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.

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