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.

The general public have the right to request divorce records for the reason that they are deemed as public records. A person can request his or her own record and can view everything that is included in it. On the other hand, if a person requests for another person's records, only a portion of the record will be revealed because the owner of the record has the right to keep his records private.

Only divorce records are accepted by the court as proof of the dissolution of marriage. When a divorced person wishes to remarry in the near future, he or she must have a copy of the divorce record and present it before the court when applying for marriage license. If you want to view all that has been agreed upon in a divorce case, such as how assets and liabilities are divided, you can look at the divorce record.

If you want to place a request for divorce records, you can visit the official site of the Office of Vital Statistics and look for the official request form. Supply the appropriate information on the required fields. A valid ID that is issued by the government must be presented as proof of your identity. Then you have to specify how you are related to the owner of the records and why you wish to obtain the records. A fee of $5 is charged for every copy of the records and $4 for extra copies. All payments made are non-refundable even the records are not located.

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.

Another place where you can get copies of Divorce Files is through online search tools. They are search tool that specialized in preserving the divorce records and disseminating them to anyone who requests for them. There are a number of search tools you can find on the Internet but you have to be careful in picking which one to use. Do a little history check on them first and look for indications that would support the credibility of a certain search tool. Go over the feedbacks of past clients and see if they are satisfied with the service they got or not.




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