Home / Argentine Legal Separation Translation
Certified Argentine Legal Separation Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record a legal separation in Argentina, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
$24.95/page
Flat rate per page, up to 250 words. No hidden fees.
100% USCIS acceptance
Every certified translation is guaranteed to be accepted by USCIS.
24-hour delivery
Most 1-3 page documents are delivered within 24 hours. Same-day available.
Argentina abolished legal separation in 2015
The Civil and Commercial Code that took effect in 2015 eliminated separación personal entirely. Argentina now has divorce only, available on the request of either spouse without grounds and without a waiting period — one of the most liberal regimes anywhere.
So a current Argentine file will contain a divorce and no separation. A separation decree in an Argentine file is necessarily from before 2015, and it is a historical document rather than a current status. We date it and name the law it was granted under.
What an older separation decree means now
Separations granted under the old Ley 23.515 remain valid as historical acts, and a couple separated before 2015 who never divorced are still married. The transitional rules allow conversion to divorce, and many did convert.
A US reader seeing a 1998 separation and no divorce should not conclude the marriage ended. It did not. The marriage certificate with its annotations is what settles the current position.
The annotation, and provincial registries
Civil registration in Argentina is provincial, so the marriage act and its annotations are held by a provincial Registro Civil and the certificate format differs by province.
The separation or divorce is recorded as a marginal annotation on the marriage act, and a partida de matrimonio issued afterwards carries it. We name the province and the registry office exactly, because a reader verifying the document has to write to the right one.
Convivencia, and what it is not
The 2015 code also created the unión convivencial — a registered cohabitation with its own registry entry and its own termination. It is not a marriage and its termination is not a separation or a divorce.
A document terminating a unión convivencial translated as "separation" would misstate the underlying status entirely, so we name the institution. See our Argentine marriage certificate page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Can I get a legal separation in Argentina?
Not since 2015. The Civil and Commercial Code abolished separación personal and left divorce only.
I have a 1998 separation and no divorce. Am I divorced?
No. The separation remains valid as a historical act and the marriage continues unless it was later converted.
Why does my certificate look different from my cousin's?
Registration is provincial. Format, seals and numbering differ by province, and we name the issuing office.
What is a unión convivencial?
A registered cohabitation created by the 2015 code. Not a marriage, and its termination is not a separation.
Ready to get started?
Upload the document and receive the certified translation, typically within 24 hours.