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mercredi 11 décembre 2013

Florida Public Divorce Records

By Ben Kingsley


The Florida Office of Vital Statistics is the office in-charge of maintaining Florida Divorce Records. Since June 6, 1927, all divorce documents, including the other public documents, that were filed in the state of Florida are sent to the state's unified repository. Requests for documents filed from that date can be done at the office. Requests for documents that were filed before that date can be done only at the County Clerk of Court where the divorce was finalized.

Anyone can access divorce records because they are part public records. If you want to access your own records, you will be given access to the entire record. However, if you requesting for the records of another person, you will only be given limited information about it to preserve the rights to privacy of the owner.

Divorce records are the only records that are recognized by the court to legally prove the end of a marriage. Hence, when a divorced person wants to enter another relationship and decide to marry again in the future, the final divorce record will be required to be shown in the application for a marriage license. Once a marriage has been officially ended, assets and liabilities will be divided according to what has been agreed upon by both parties in the presence of a judge. All terms and conditions of a divorce case can be found on the records.

Obtaining the records from the Office of Vital Statistics means that you have to complete an application form which is downloadable from their office's official website. You have to show a government-issued ID to prove your identity. Then you have to state what your relationship to the couple is and your reason for requesting the records. There is a $5 fee for each record and $4 for additional copies. The no refund policy applies even if the records you requested are not found.

In every search, it is necessary that you are able to provide the full name of either of the couple and the year when the divorce was granted. Including the year helps in making the retrieval process a lot speedier. Now if you do not know the year, you can list down the range of years to be search but it will cost $2 for each year that is looked into. It is also necessary to provide you contact details so the office knows to which address to send the records once found.

Divorce Files can also be found on the Internet. There are websites that are owned by private groups that have the capability of retrieving the documents. Such websites are easy to find but you have to check their credibility first to make sure that you are getting legit information. One way of checking their credibility is by reading user reviews. Read them carefully and figure out if past and current clients find a particular website credible.




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