These terms govern your contract with us as a service agency. They apply to all bookings, starting with the written order confirmation. Your contracting party is Danish Wedding Koltman (sole proprietorship, owner Alexander Koltman, 5400 Baden/Schweiz), hereinafter “we”. Full provider details are in the imprint.
1. Scope of services
We are a service agency based in Switzerland. We support the preparation, submission and coordination of your marriage in Denmark. We are not a public authority, not a law firm and do not provide legal services within the meaning of the German RDG, Austrian professional law or Swiss bar law.
2. Conclusion of contract
The contract is concluded with our written order confirmation, but at the earliest after receipt of the agreed payment towards the fixed price stated in the respective package: for payment in full, on its receipt; where a deposit has been agreed, on receipt of the deposit. The remainder is due at the latest before the ceremony. Within 14 days from conclusion of the contract you are entitled to the right of withdrawal (see right of withdrawal and section 6).
3. Client obligations
- Complete and truthful information about your own person
- Provision of valid original documents
- Timely cooperation with authority queries
- Independent travel and personal attendance on the wedding day (the marriage is conducted by a Danish municipality, not by us)
3a. Which documents we request and which we do not
We request only the documents that the Danish Familieretshuset requires for the eligibility check (passport or ID, civil status certificate, where applicable a legally binding divorce decree, death certificate, residence permit or visa).
We do not request private relationship evidence such as photos, chat excerpts or social media documents as standard. If such evidence sensibly strengthens your case or Familieretshuset requests it in an individual case (e.g. on queries about the seriousness of the relationship), we structure with you a submission as data-minimal as possible. We do not replace legal counsel.
3b. Authority of attorney and personal declarations
For the organisational handling, you grant us a separate authority of attorney. It allows us to prepare documents, communicate with competent authorities and forward documents after your release.
Personal declarations of truth, declarations of marital intention or any other declaration that Familieretshuset or a Danish municipality requires from you personally, we do not sign these on your behalf. Both partners remain responsible for the accuracy and completeness of their statements.
4. Remuneration
The fixed prices published at the time of booking apply. The application fee of the Danish Familieretshuset (Family Law Agency, currently approx. €281) is included in the stated fixed price of the Complete package and paid by us. In the Essential package and the Apostille service this authority fee is not included; you pay it directly to the Familieretshuset. Wedding fees of the respective Danish municipality, apostille and legalisation fees for your own documents, as well as travel and accommodation costs, are not included and are due separately; we inform you of the current amounts in advance.
The Apostille service(an add-on to Essential or Complete) covers: after the wedding we obtain the apostille of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Udenrigsministeriet) on your Danish marriage certificate, including the ministry's apostille fee, the courier to the ministry and tracked UPS shipping of the certificate to you, plus a certified translation (DE/AT/CH) if needed. It does not cover apostilles, legalisations or translations of your own documents for the application (e.g. birth or civil status certificates); you obtain these yourselves, and we tell you exactly which ones you need.
The change of municipality (bookable on its own, also if you filed the application yourselves) requires that Familieretshuset has already approved your wedding. It covers: we look for a Danish municipality with a free wedding date in the period you give us, ask Familieretshuset, with your power of attorney, to forward your approval to that municipality, and book the date there. Which dates are free is decided by the municipalities alone; we owe a careful search and request, not a particular date. The approval stays valid for four months from issue; the change does not extend this period. The AFL authority fee is not included. One change of municipality is included in the Complete package if your preferred municipality has no suitable date.
5. Liability and limitation of liability
5.1 Advisory, not success-based liability. We prepare applications based on the data provided to us and the requirements of the Danish Familieretshuset (Agency of Family Law) applicable at the time of processing. The decision on issuing the proclamation (Prøvelsesattest) rests exclusively with the Danish authority. We owe diligent preparation, not success.
5.2 Duty to cooperate. The clients warrant that all submitted personal status data and documents are complete, genuine and not manipulated. The client alone is liable for incorrect, incomplete or delayed information.
5.3 Official delays.We are not liable for processing times, queries, follow-up requests or rejections by Familieretshuset, Danish registry offices, apostille authorities, sworn translators or postal services. Familieretshuset currently decides complete applications mostly within about five working days; if the authority requests further documents, it can take several months (as of September 2026: around 2–3 months). The overall duration also depends on the municipality's allocation of wedding dates.
5.4 Own procurement. If you procure documents, apostilles or translations yourself (Essential package), we check them for formal completeness. We do not warrant their substantive correctness.
5.5 Non-refundable third-party costs.The official Familieretshuset application fee, apostille and legalisation fees and certified translations for your own documents, marriage fees of the respective municipality as well as travel and accommodation costs are paid directly to the respective body. These amounts are not refunded by the respective bodies even in case of rejection or withdrawal of the application. The specific amount depends on the fee rates current at the time of application; we inform you of the latest amounts in advance. With the Apostille service, the Danish ministry's fee, the courier and the shipping are included in the fixed price.
5.6 Liability cap. To the extent permitted by law, our liability per claim is limited to the value of the service fee (excluding third-party costs), and at most CHF 5,000. Excluded are intent, gross negligence and damages to life, body or health. In the event of a slightly negligent breach of essential contractual obligations (cardinal obligations whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely), we are liable for the foreseeable damage typical of the contract; the cap above does not apply in that respect. For a slightly negligent breach of other obligations we are not liable.
5.7 No legal advice. Our notes do not replace individual legal advice, in particular not on questions of residence, name, marriage or family law. For individual legal questions we recommend consulting an admitted lawyer.
5.8 Duty of truth and sham marriage. The clients warrant that the marriage corresponds to the actual will of both parties and is not primarily aimed at obtaining a residence permit or other inadmissible advantages. We reserve the right to discontinue processing at any time and without refund of services already rendered if there are well-founded doubts as to the seriousness of the intent or if information proves to be incorrect. For the consequences of incorrect information, in particular criminal- and immigration-related ones, only the clients are liable.
6. Right of withdrawal
Fourteen days of withdrawal right from conclusion of contract for consumers habitually resident in the EU. We voluntarily grant customers in Switzerland the same right of withdrawal by contract, on the terms of the right-of-withdrawal notice. Details in the right of withdrawal. If you expressly asked us to start right away and then withdraw, we refund all payments less the share for services already provided; upon full performance the right of withdrawal expires. You can withdraw online at Withdraw from contract.
7. Applicable law and jurisdiction
Swiss law applies. Place of jurisdiction is Baden, Switzerland, insofar as mandatory consumer protection rules do not provide otherwise. If your habitual residence is in Germany or Austria, the mandatory consumer-protection provisions of your country of residence additionally apply to you (Art. 6(2) Rome I); this protection is not restricted by the choice of Swiss law. As a consumer you may also bring proceedings at the court of your place of residence and can only be sued there (Lugano Convention).
8. Dispute resolution
We do not participate in a dispute resolution procedure before a consumer arbitration body. The former EU platform for online dispute resolution has been discontinued; a link to it is therefore no longer provided.