Article 15 of the RA Family Code provides that in case of a mutual consent of the spouses to divorce their divorce is realized in the Civic Status Registration Departments.
On the basis of the application from one of the spouses the divorce is realized in the Civic Status Registration Department if the second spouse:
a) is recognized missing by court;
b) is recognized incapable by court;
c) is convicted to imprisonment for the period of no less than 3 years.
Hence, if the whereabouts of the other spouse is not known and the latter has been declared missing by court, then the person who wants to divorce may be divorced by extrajudicial process in the Civic Status Registration Departments.
