Friday, October 3, 2014

Online Resources For Divorce Court Records

By Claire Dowell


Divorce in Florida is the solution chosen by the residents of the state when marriage is no longer working. With the increasing divorce cases, looking up such records may take a while. Access to the records is open to the residents of the state, thus they can request it anytime they need it.

It is very sad to know that if the marriage of a couple is no longer healthy, they resolve to separation. Such emotional event has to be documented for it to be used it in legal transactions. These legal transactions includes, but not limited to the following: transactions that deals with the government such as insurance processes, background check, remarriage and genealogy. Without such document, a divorcee may not be able to update their insurance information. Conducting a background check on the marital status of an individual would need access to the divorce records as validation of the information. A divorcee would not be able to get married again if he/she cannot provide their divorce certificate. Although, it is rarely used in genealogy research, it still plays a vital role in the family history because it can create confusion to the future generations.

A pubic divorce record contains only the basics about the separation. This means that only the names of the divorcees along with the date and the place where they got legally separated are indicated on the public file. The rest of the details are kept private. Such information includes the reason for the separation and other sensitive matters such as the child custody and any financial related matters such as the division of properties and assets. This information is hidden away from the public to respect the individual's privacy.

Only divorce cases which have been registered since June 1927 are available for request in the state of Florida. One should know that there is a very minimal fee of $5 to have the request processed. If the requesting individual does not have any idea as to when the separation of the couple was legalized, a $2 additional processing fee has to be paid per year that is being looked into.

One should go to the Vital Records Section in the state of Florida in order to get a copy of the certificate that is dated from 1927. For records prior to the given year, it has to be obtained from the county clerk office. One can also send a mail request to the state office but this may take a while. To avoid the long wait time, one can look up the information through the Internet.

With the fast development of the Internet, retrieval of marriage and divorce records is now a breeze. With this, there is no need to go to any office since the search can be done even without leaving home thus saving you the hassle and the time in getting it the traditional way. This is the reason why the residents of Florida prefer to go online and search it on their own.




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