Everyone seems to be single in the Dominican Republic

[Dolores]

Most people have yet to bother to change their civil status on the ID card. Apparently, the red tape has discouraged many, and most people maintain their single status despite being married. Actually, this does not mean much, and people can prove their married status other ways.

Diario Libre, nevertheless, in reporting on the electoral stats revealed by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) recently during a meeting with journalists, highlights that only 11.93% of the 8 million eligible voters is registered with the JCE as married.

According to official statistics, 7,143,593 Dominicans are single and 968,060 are married.

The electoral roll is 8,111,653 people, of which 4,160,047 (51.28%) are women and 3,951,606 (48.72%) are men.

The age range with the most voters is 31 to 40 years old, which is 1,648,032 people.

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[RDKNIGHT]

I get it when their husband tells their wife to go with the gringo and drain him for cash only a single person would do that. what married man in this beautiful country would do that. so the wife checks she is single..

 

[Aguaita29]

Lots of people just don´t bother to change their cedulas. Many have old addresses, old occupations, like the person is an accountant but the cedula still says ¨student¨.
My cedula still says single. I don´t plan on going to the Junta just to change that. Also don´t plan to taking my husband´s last name.

 

[AlterEgo]

We’re married for 47 years, his cedula still says he’s single/soltero. The one time we had to prove we were married for a deslinde was a nightmare.

 

[josh2203]

Just checked out of curiosity, as I know that my wife's sister and her husband of 20+ years are indeed single as per their cedulas, and I have no idea what we did differently, but at least the cedula my wife renewed a few years ago says married...

 

[scotia]

We’re married for 19 years, his cedula still says he’s single/soltero. Works great for us as I don't want to be involved in all of the business dealings, properties, requiring spouse's signature, he has there. Now that would be a nightmare for me/us.

 

[NALs]

Lots of people just don´t bother to change their cedulas. Many have old addresses, old occupations, like the person is an accountant but the cedula still says ¨student¨.
My cedula still says single. I don´t plan on going to the Junta just to change that. Also don´t plan to taking my husband´s last name.

The woman never loses her last name in Spanish, its in English where that happens. I used to think it was obligatory that once a woman married her name was First Last de Husband's Last. A few days ago I was told that at least in the DR it isn't no longer a legal requirement for married women to have the "de husband's last name" added. Many people still do it, but that is out of tradition (I doubt most know that.) In the DR, whether a woman is single, married, widowed, divorced, whatever her name is not added the "de husband's last name."

 

[cavok]

It's not hard at all to prove you're married and change your status. Just go to any JCE and pay 500 pesos for a legalized marriage certificate.
Unless of course you never got legally married and/or never registered your marriage certificate.

 

[keepcoming]

We’re married for 47 years, his cedula still says he’s single/soltero. The one time we had to prove we were married for a deslinde was a nightmare.

Same here, his also says single. We had an issue once with the bank because of this. Other than that, we have never had another issue. After almost 30 years, I think we will manage with it saying single/soltero.

 

[Big]

you don't need to look at my cudula to see that I am not married, just look at my constant ear to ear smile.

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

Marriage is an antiquated institution. It is used today only as another possession or status - a major component of the disease of me, mine... my Benz, my husband, my kids, my job, my life, my property... The identification of "I" and "me" with these possessions.

The truth is everything we have is on loan and at any given point in time, we will be made to turn it all over.

 

[Big]

not to get too philosophical, but a well-known financial adviser said one of the worst decisions an investor can make is marriage.

 

[johne]

Same here, his also says single. We had an issue once with the bank because of this. Other than that, we have never had another issue. After almost 30 years, I think we will manage with it saying single/soltero.

Could this be an issue IF one of the two should die and there was to be a distribution of the assets to the "wife"?

 

[keepcoming]

Could this be an issue IF one of the two should die and there was to be a distribution of the assets to the "wife"?

No, everything for us is pretty much pre-planned legally. But you made a good point. I never even thought at the time we were doing our pre-planning that it could be an issue. A side note... I was looking at our "original" (the old kind where everything is typed out manually) marriage license the other day and saw it has a stamp on it from the US Embassy. Of course, it has been 30 years or so, but I never noticed that before.

 

[AlterEgo]

Could this be an issue IF one of the two should die and there was to be a distribution of the assets to the "wife"?

This would only apply to properties in DR. We had to jump through hoops (official NY marriage document, apostilled, translated, etc) to have my name added to our deslinde title. Even though we bought the land and built the house years after we were married. It was a pain, but I’m glad we did it.

 

[RDKNIGHT]

you don't need to look at my cudula to see that I am not married, just look at my constant ear to ear smile.

I love it .... me too

 

[keepcoming]

This would only apply to properties in DR. We had to jump through hoops (official NY marriage document, apostilled, translated, etc) to have my name added to our deslinde title. Even though we bought the land and built the house years after we were married. It was a pain, but I’m glad we did it.

I do not recall if we had any issue with having my name on the properties in the DR but I was married in the DR.

 

[RDKNIGHT]

only reason I got married was because all My friends got married maybe that's the reason my marriage only lasted a few years but I've been happy ever since

 

[El Hijo de Manolo]

only reason I got married was because all My friends got married maybe that's the reason my marriage only lasted a few years but I've been happy ever since

Happiness is an inside job

 

[AlterEgo]

I do not recall if we had any issue with having my name on the properties in the DR but I was married in the DR.

You have it easy then, we were married in NYC