In the legal page of DR1 we find the following;
There is much confusing about this so could you please clarify whether a foreign woman getting married in the DR needs to wait 10 months after a divorce while at the same time it states that she can remarry after a quick divorce has been registered.
Thank you for your time
How soon can a Dominican woman remarry after a divorce?
Art. 35 of Divorce Law 1306-bis of 1938 establishes that a Dominican woman needs to wait ten months after her divorce is final. The only exception is when she is remarrying her previous husband.
This archaic provision comes from the article 228 in the French Napoleonic Code of 1804, a time when pregnancy tests did not exist and therefore confusion could result regarding the paternity of any child born soon after the new marriage. It is stupid and outdated, etc. but, unfortunately, it?s the law.
How soon can a person remarry after getting a one-day divorce in the DR?
The foreign person needs to wait for the divorce decree to be registered at the ?Oficial?a? before remarrying. The divorce is not final until it?s registered. To marry before registration of the divorce decree may invalidate the marriage if challenged in the future.
There is much confusing about this so could you please clarify whether a foreign woman getting married in the DR needs to wait 10 months after a divorce while at the same time it states that she can remarry after a quick divorce has been registered.
Thank you for your time