Renewal of marriage in the event of the appearance of a person who was declared dead or recognized as missing.

Ukrainian legislation provides a procedure for the restoration of marriage in cases where a person who was declared deceased or recognized as missing has reappeared.

1. Restoration of Marriage after a Person is Declared Deceased:

• Conditions:
• The person declared deceased has reappeared.
• The court has annulled the decision declaring the person deceased.
• The death record has been annulled.
• Neither spouse is in a subsequent marriage.
• Procedure:
• Once the court annuls the decision declaring the person deceased and the death record is annulled, the marriage is automatically restored.
• No additional applications or actions from the spouses are required.

2. Restoration of Marriage after a Person is Declared Missing:

• Conditions:
• The person declared missing has reappeared.
• The court has annulled the decision declaring the person missing.
• Neither spouse is in a subsequent marriage.
• Procedure:
• The spouses file a joint application to the state civil registration authority (DRACS) for the restoration of the marriage.
• DRACS will annul the record of divorce and the corresponding divorce certificate.
• The marriage is considered restored from the moment the divorce record is annulled.

Note: If one of the spouses remarried during the other’s absence, the restoration of the previous marriage is not possible.