Free Public Divorce Records And Marriage Licenses

By Claire Dowell


The Florida Vital Records Office is the office in-charge of safekeeping Florida Divorce Records. Divorce files in Florida since 1927 are kept at the office, side-by-side with marriage files. Do not worry if you cannot find the files because sometimes they are termed as Dissolution of marriage. They are not two different things; it is just another name for it.

Any individual has the right to request for the records as long as the proper procedures are followed. A request form is available at the Vital Records office. The form needs to be filled out appropriately. All required fields of information like your name, address, contact number and reason for requesting the records should be included. Once that is done, submit the form back to the office, along with two forms of identification - one being a government-issued ID - and the appropriate fees. Once the fees are settled, a no-refund policy takes into full effect regardless of the outcome of the search.

It is also necessary to provide the year when the divorce took place and the exact county where the divorce was granted. Divorce cases are originally filed at the county Clerk of Courts and before they are forwarded to the state repository. If you do not know the specific county, you can go directly to the Vital Records office and they will be the one to forward your request to the appropriate county. Moreover, if you are looking for divorce records that occurred prior to 1927, you can only find them at the county Clerk of Court where it was granted.

Acquiring the divorce files of other people is permitted under certain circumstances. For example, a person wants to check if his or her future lifetime partner is not involved in another marriage and if they are and/or were, is it legally over? It spells a lot of trouble if you get married to a person who is, under the laws of the land, currently married to another person.

Divorce files can also be acquired from online search tools. There are several you can find on the Internet but before choosing which one to use, investigate first, through a quick company history check, if it is a dependable source or not. Check out what feedbacks other clients have on them.

There are fee-based service providers and then there are service providers that provide Divorce Records Free. If you choose the former, you will get an extensive version of the records. That means you can find more information, including the more personal ones. If you choose the latter, you will be given just the basics of the record such as the complete names of husband and wife, respective ages, addresses, and the time and place where the divorce was granted. It may not be a lot but they are more than enough to reveal whether a divorce took place or not.




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