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2026 edition • Built on the Nunavut Divorce Rules (R-015-2021)Nunavut Uncontested Divorce Kit
The Nunavut Court of Justice forms and plain-English instructions to prepare an uncontested divorce yourself — matched to whether you file jointly or alone.
- Route-matched forms — Joint Petition (Form 7) or sole Petition (Form 1)
- Step-by-step filing instructions, in plain English
- Free eligibility check before you pay anything
- Instant PDF download — $129 one-time, no subscription
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Do you qualify for an uncontested divorce in Nunavut?
The affidavit-evidence route works when your divorce is genuinely uncontested and your parenting, support and property issues are already settled — including a signed agreement or consent order where one is needed. The final decision is always the judge’s.
This kit fits if…
- ✓ You or your spouse has been habitually resident in Nunavut for the full year immediately before the divorce proceeding begins. (This is a jurisdiction condition — separate from the one-year separation ground.)
- ✓ You are relying on one year’s separation. You must be living separate and apart when the proceeding starts; the year can finish before the divorce is decided. On a Joint Petition (Form 7) this is the only available ground — adultery and cruelty need a sole petition, different proof and legal advice. Reconciliation attempts totalling 90 days or less do not restart the clock.
- ✓ Your spouse will co-operate: you sign a Joint Petition (Form 7) together, or you file a Petition (Form 1), serve your spouse, and they do not defend it.
- ✓ You agree on all corollary issues — parenting, contact, child support, spousal support, property, debts and pensions — and any child support meets the Federal Child Support Guidelines. The court must be satisfied reasonable child-support arrangements are in place before it grants a divorce.
- ✓ You accept that a Joint Petition can only ask for consensual corollary relief, that support or property claims bring in Form 8 and/or Form 9 for each petitioner, and that property is a separate claim with its own disclosure.
Talk to a lawyer first if…
- ✗ Neither spouse has been habitually resident in Nunavut for a full year yet.
- ✗ Your spouse is contesting the divorce, will not communicate, or cannot be located.
- ✗ There is family violence or coercion, a child-protection or criminal matter, or you need a civil or emergency protection order.
- ✗ Parenting, contact or the child-support amount is not fully settled, you want a support figure that differs from the guideline table, a child over the age of majority is still dependent, or a child does not live in Nunavut.
- ✗ You have a pension to divide, a company, trust or real estate to split, significant debt, a bankruptcy, existing court orders, missing proof of marriage, or a cross-border element.
Joint or sole — which route is yours?
Both routes can end without an oral hearing when the file is complete and the case genuinely uncontested. They differ at the start. Your eligibility check confirms which one fits and you receive the matching form set.
In Nunavut, an uncontested divorce is a paperwork process in the Nunavut Court of Justice. You start with a Joint Petition (Form 7) or a Petition for Divorce (Form 1), then file a Request for Divorce Without Oral Hearing (Form 11) with the affidavit for your route (Form 12 sole/default, Form 13 joint), your parenting and financial material, and the proposed divorce judgment and any corollary order. This kit gives you the current Court forms for your route, with plain-language instructions for each stage.
Joint Petition for Divorce
Form 7 · both spouses sign · Rule 14
Both spouses are petitioners and sign the filed petition, so there is no service between you. Available only on the one-year separation ground and only where every corollary claim is by consent. Either spouse can withdraw before the divorce is granted.
You both swear the Affidavit of Applicant (Form 13). The proposed divorce judgment is normally Form 15. Still needs proof of marriage, the parenting / income / property material as applicable, five copies of the proposed judgment and any order, and stamped envelopes.
Petition for Divorce (sole)
Form 1 + Notice Form 2 · one spouse files
You file alone with the Notice (Form 2) and must have the petition personally served by an adult who is not you (unless a lawyer accepts service), proved by an Affidavit of Service (Form 3). Your spouse then has a set period to answer.
If no answer is filed you can move to the affidavit-evidence stage with the Affidavit of Applicant (Form 12) and, on this route, the Form 14 divorce judgment. Non-opposition does not turn a sole petition into a Joint Petition or remove the service and answer steps. Confirm the current answer period and default steps with the Registry.
Both routes: where there are children or a support claim, a Financial Statement (Form 8) is required — on a joint petition claiming support, from each petitioner with the petition. A joint petition requesting a property division needs each petitioner’s Property Statement (Form 9). A parenting / child-support order uses Form 16. Confirm what your case needs against the Nunavut Divorce Rules and with your Registry.
Why use an affidavit-evidence kit?
For a genuinely uncontested case, Nunavut lets you submit the divorce for a decision on sworn affidavit evidence instead of testifying in court. Filing a Joint Petition (Form 7) also avoids serving documents on your spouse — useful across Nunavut’s communities, where a process server can be costly or hard to arrange. Done carefully, it keeps a straightforward divorce affordable and predictable, without paying a lawyer to prepare standard paperwork.
Keep more of your money
You do the paperwork yourself and keep the difference between a lawyer’s fee and the kit price — see the breakdown alongside.
Usually no oral hearing
A complete, qualifying uncontested file can be decided on written materials, subject to the Court’s review, the Central Registry check and the judge’s decision — the usual outcome, not a guarantee, and remote-filing arrangements must be confirmed with the Registry.
What a Nunavut divorce costs
The published Nunavut Court Fees Regulations list $200 to commence a petition and $15 for a certificate of divorce. There is no fixed total cost for a divorce: $1 per page for fax or email filing, Sheriff service fees (including $75 for service), $25 for Sheriff commissioning of an affidavit, a certified marriage record (and translation if needed), copies, postage and stamped envelopes, and any agreement or corollary-order drafting are all extra. Some 2026 guides quote higher all-in figures. Fees can change — confirm current amounts with the Registry.
What’s in the kit
The current Nunavut Court of Justice divorce forms for your route, set up so you know what each one does and the order to file them in.
The form that starts your case
- A Joint Petition for Divorce (Form 7) for spouses who sign together, or a Petition for Divorce (Form 1) with the Notice (Form 2) if you file alone
- Guidance on the one-year Nunavut residence requirement, the separation ground, and what corollary relief you can (and cannot) ask for on each route
- Proof of marriage
Your affidavit-evidence package
The set assembled for a decision without an oral hearing:
Filing roadmap
- Step-by-step instructions for completing and swearing the forms in the right order
- Filing at the Nunavut Court of Justice, the federal Central Registry step, and the sole-route service and answer period
- The judge’s review, the 31-day period and requesting the Certificate of Divorce (Form 17 → Form 18), with a self-check list before you submit
What this kit does not include
- Any court sign-off that your file is judge-ready — the Registry processes the file and a judge reviews it; a private kit cannot certify that
- The granted Divorce Judgment and any corollary order — you supply the proposed versions; a judge decides whether to grant them and may require different or further evidence
- A negotiated separation agreement, or drafting of a contested corollary order
- Property, pension or debt division as a decided outcome (a separate claim under Nunavut family-property law, not a flat 50/50 rule)
- Contested divorces, defended petitions, variation applications, protection orders, or anything beyond a genuinely uncontested divorce
- Filing or serving your documents for you, or any court representation
- Legal advice about your specific situation, or review of your completed documents
- Court, Sheriff, commissioner and service fees
PlainDivorce is a private publisher. The Nunavut Court of Justice publishes official rules and forms but has not reviewed, approved or endorsed this kit, its editable templates, or their suitability for your file, and does not promise any Registry will accept adapted templates. Always take the current form versions and confirm the full, fact-specific filing set from the Nunavut Court of Justice divorce forms and the Nunavut Divorce Rules, and check current requirements with the Registry before filing.
How it works
The path to a Divorce Judgment in Nunavut on the uncontested affidavit-evidence route.
File your petition
Complete the Joint Petition (Form 7) or the Petition (Form 1) with the Notice (Form 2), attach proof of marriage, and file with the Nunavut Court of Justice and the $200 commencement fee (confirm the amount and payment methods with the Registry). On a joint petition both spouses sign.
Registration & service
The court verifies and sends the registration information to the federal Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings (ordinarily within seven days); the Registry tells the court whether another proceeding or divorce exists. On a sole petition, have your spouse personally served by a non-party adult, file the Affidavit of Service (Form 3), and let the answer period expire.
Request a decision without a hearing
File the Request for Divorce Without Oral Hearing (Form 11) with the sworn Affidavit of Applicant (Form 12 or Form 13), any Form 8 / Form 9, your agreement or consent order, the proposed Divorce Judgment (Form 14 or 15) and any Form 16 order — five copies of each proposed order, plus a stamped, self-addressed envelope for each unrepresented party. A judge reviews the file in chambers.
Judgment, 31 days & certificate
If the divorce is granted, it ordinarily takes effect on the 31st day after the judgment is rendered — the appeal period. A pending appeal changes that date, and an earlier date is possible only under the Divorce Act’s special-circumstances rule. After it takes effect you file Form 17 to request a certificate, and the Clerk issues the Certificate of Divorce (Form 18) when satisfied no appeal is pending. It is the proof you need to remarry.
There is no guaranteed timeframe. Even a properly filed uncontested divorce can take many months — the Registry’s completeness checks, the Central Registry step, court scheduling and judicial review all control the pace, and a kit cannot speed up the court’s timelines.
Kit pricing vs. lawyer fees
| Feature | PlainDivorce kit | Typical lawyer |
|---|---|---|
| Preparation cost | $129 | $1,500–$4,000 |
| Court fees | $200 to file + $15 certificate (paid to the court); Sheriff / fax-email / commissioning extra | Same, usually billed on top |
| Pace | Your prep is DIY; the court controls its own timeline | Lawyer’s schedule |
| Forms included | Yes — route-matched | Yes |
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What our customers say
Experiences from people who prepared their divorce paperwork with PlainDivorce.
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“The instructions made the joint-petition route clear — which affidavit we each had to swear and how many copies of the judgment the court wanted.”
Olivia U.
Iqaluit
“We still had to confirm the filing steps with the Registry, but the kit told us exactly what to ask about.”
Anna I.
Cambridge Bay
“Filing the Form 8 income information was the part I was worried about; the worksheet walk-through helped.”
Joseph T.
Rankin Inlet
“Far cheaper than travelling south for a lawyer. It took months, but the paperwork side was manageable.”
Carlos D.
Iqaluit
“Clear, plain-language steps. I knew what each form was for before I started filling it in.”
Laura J.
Baker Lake
Nunavut uncontested divorce: frequently asked questions
What is a Joint Petition for Divorce (Form 7)?
It is a divorce petition where both spouses are petitioners and sign together. Under the Nunavut Divorce Rules it is available only on the one-year separation ground and only where every corollary claim (parenting, support, property) is by consent. Because both spouses sign, it is not served between you, and either spouse can withdraw before the divorce is granted. A Petition for Divorce (Form 1) is filed by one spouse, includes the Notice (Form 2), and must be personally served on the other.
Which affidavit do we use — Form 12 or Form 13?
Form 12 is the Affidavit of Applicant for the sole / undefended (default) route; Form 13 is the affidavit for a joint petition. Both are filed with the Request for Divorce Without Oral Hearing (Form 11). The proposed divorce judgment differs too: Form 14 on the sole/default route, Form 15 for the joint route and other cases, with Form 16 for a parenting or child-support order. The kit gives you the set for your route — always download the current posted versions and confirm with your Registry.
Does a Request for Divorce Without Oral Hearing guarantee there is no court date?
No. Form 11 asks the Clerk to place a qualifying file before a judge for a decision on written materials. The judge can grant the divorce, require additional evidence, direct a chambers appearance, or require a trial on oral evidence. A disputed issue proceeds through the ordinary court process. The Court’s electronic-filing directive also has process-specific rules, so confirm current filing arrangements with the Registry — especially if you are filing from outside Iqaluit.
Do I have to live in Nunavut to file?
You or your spouse must have been habitually resident in Nunavut for the full year immediately before the divorce proceeding begins. That is a jurisdiction requirement under the Divorce Act, separate from the one-year separation ground — and you must be living separate and apart when the proceeding starts.
How much are the court filing fees?
The published consolidation of Nunavut’s Court Fees Regulations lists $200 to commence a petition and $15 to issue a certificate of divorce. It separately lists $1 per page for fax or email filing, Sheriff service fees (including $75 for service) and $25 for Sheriff commissioning of an affidavit. Some 2026 guides quote higher all-in figures, and other real costs include marriage records, postage, translations and copies. The Court tells filers to confirm current fees with the Registry.
We have children — what else is required?
A Financial Statement (Form 8) is required under Rule 17 when there are children or a support claim; on a joint petition claiming support, each petitioner files Form 8 with the petition. A parenting or child-support order uses Form 16, and personal consent must be endorsed on the order with an execution affidavit. The court must be satisfied that reasonable child-support arrangements have been made under the applicable Guidelines before it grants a divorce. If anything about the children is unresolved, or a child does not live in Nunavut, see a lawyer.
What is the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings step?
After a divorce proceeding is filed, the court verifies and sends the required registration information to the federal Central Registry (ordinarily within seven days). The Registry tells the court whether another proceeding is pending or a divorce already exists between the same two spouses. It is a court process — not a “clearance certificate” you request or control — and it does not by itself guarantee jurisdiction, timing or the judgment.
How long does an uncontested divorce take in Nunavut?
There is no guaranteed timeframe. Even a properly filed uncontested divorce can take many months: the Registry’s completeness checks, the Central Registry step, court scheduling and judicial review all control the pace. Preparing your paperwork with a kit does not change the court’s processing time.
Does this kit divide our property or pension?
No. Property is dealt with as a separate claim under Nunavut family-property law — not as part of the divorce itself, and not by a flat 50/50 rule. On a joint petition, a property division must be by consent and needs each petitioner’s Property Statement (Form 9). If you do not fully agree, or you have a pension, business, trust, real estate, significant debt or disputed assets, get legal advice before filing.
When is the divorce final, and how do I get the certificate?
A divorce ordinarily takes effect on the 31st day after the day the judgment is rendered — the appeal period. A pending appeal changes that date, and an earlier effective date is possible only under the Divorce Act’s special-circumstances process. Under Rule 25 you file Form 17 to request a certificate, and the Clerk issues the Certificate of Divorce (Form 18) only when satisfied that no appeal is pending. It is the proof you need to remarry.
Is PlainDivorce a law firm?
No. PlainDivorce is a self-help information service. We provide the current Nunavut Court of Justice divorce forms with plain-language instructions; we do not give legal advice, review your documents for accuracy, certify anything to the court, or file or serve documents for you. For advice about your situation, or if anything is disputed, consult a Nunavut family lawyer or contact the Legal Services Board of Nunavut.
Important legal disclaimer
PlainDivorce is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice, legal opinions, or representation. The Nunavut Uncontested Divorce Kit is a self-help information product containing publicly available Nunavut Court of Justice forms with general instructions. It is not a substitute for advice from a licensed Nunavut lawyer, and the Court has not reviewed, approved or endorsed it.
We do not guarantee that the Registry will accept a particular filing or that a divorce will be granted. You supply the proposed Divorce Judgment and any corollary order; a judge decides whether to grant them and may require different or further evidence, a chambers appearance, or a trial on oral evidence. Court rules, forms and fees change from time to time — the published fee regulation lists $200 to commence a petition and $15 for the certificate, before Sheriff, fax/email, commissioner and case-specific costs — and there is no fixed total cost for a divorce. The Central Registry step, filing completeness, court scheduling and judicial review control the process, not the purchaser. You are responsible for verifying the current fees, form versions and filing requirements with the Nunavut Court of Justice Registry in Iqaluit before filing.
Content last reviewed: September 2026.