Legal Field Avocats, in Dakar, assists couples with their divorce in Senegal: Senegalese couples, foreign nationals and expatriates living in Senegal, Franco-Senegalese couples. In France, FB AVOCAT, our correspondent law firm, acts before the French courts.
Your situation
- You are a foreign national or an expatriate living in Senegal: competent court, applicable law, recognition in your country.
- You are a Franco-Senegalese couple: French or Senegalese court, parallel proceedings, recognition of judgments.
- You both agree to divorce: divorce by mutual consent before the president of the tribunal d’instance.
The two routes to divorce in Senegal
- Divorce by mutual consent: the spouses agree on the separation, the property and the children; the judge checks the agreement and records the divorce.
- Contested divorce: one spouse applies to the court on one of the grounds listed in article 166 of the Family Code (desertion, ill-treatment, failure to maintain, incompatibility, etc.). A conciliation attempt precedes the judgment.
Judicial separation also allows the spouses to end their life together without dissolving the marriage.
Children, maintenance and property
Child custody, visiting rights, maintenance, division of property in Senegal and abroad: we defend your interests and those of your children, favouring agreement whenever possible.
Further reading
Our articles on divorce are published in French: see the French version of this page. See also Divorced in Senegal: having your divorce recorded in the French civil status.
A divorce to start or to defend? Call us on +221 33 844 29 16.
Source: Senegalese Family Code, articles 157 and following, 843 to 854.
LEGAL FIELD AVOCATS
14 rue Woro Fila, Fann Hock, Dakar, Senegal
Phone: +221 33 844 29 16
Email: contact@fbavocat-sn.com
Our correspondent law firm in France:
FB AVOCAT
11 rue Galin, 33100 Bordeaux, France
Phone: +33 9 85 40 18 64
Email: contact@legalfb-avocat.fr