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Free Online Florida Divorce Records

By Claire Dowell


If you want to obtain Florida Divorce Records, you can look for it at the Florida Vital Records Office. All divorce records in the state of Florida since 1927 are kept at this office and stored together with marriage records. Divorce records are sometimes referred to as Dissolution of Marriage. They may sound different but they are exactly the same.

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.

When requesting for divorce files, it is important to specify the exact year and the exact county Clerk of Court that made a divorce official. The original files of divorce cases can be found on the specific county Clerk of Court where it was filed. And since the Vital Records office only keeps records of files from 1927 onwards, those that were filed before that are only available at where they were originally filed, at a particular Clerk of Court. The files are then redirected to the state's Vital Records office where they are joined with other public documents. If you are unable to provide the year and exact Clerk of Court, head to the Vital Records office, and they will assist you in locating them for you. They may even redirect your requests to the appropriate county for you.

You may also request for the records of other people. However, you should be very specific with your reason why you want to obtain them. For instance, people who are about to get married and want to check if their partners have a history of being married in the past and is not divorced yet, this is allowed. They are allowed because it will create more trouble in the future if you get married to someone who is still officially married to someone else.

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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