subject: Public Divorce Records Search Results [print this page] People don't seem to have any qualms about divorce these days. This is proven a million times every year in the US. Yes, that's the divorce rate in the country and official records are kept and maintained for them. Divorce Records are a public vital record category along with Marriage, Birth and Death in the majority of states and they are required by law to be made available for public access and review.
All divorces start with the official filing, run the legal course and end with the final decree. Every step of the proceeding is documented and filed. Their Public Records Search are uploaded to the central state repository and maintained for both public and government reference and informational purposes. This is officially done since 1967 on the back of the Freedom of Information Act, 1966 but the greater number of states already had it at county level long before that.
Often, centralized Divorce Public Records at state-level departments fall short. As a result, deeper and more targeted searches invariably end up at the particular county-level office where the divorce was granted. This is especially true when certified copies of original documents like the Divorce Decree and Divorce Certificate are required. They are available practically free of charge as search fees if charged are typically nominal.
The standard information contained in these Free Divorce Records are the personal particulars of the parties involved and those of the children if any and details surrounding the event such as when and where, asset division, alimony, child custody, reason for divorce and so forth. With the exception of cases categorized as confidential or closed by court orders, these records are considered and treated as public information the nature of which can be quite private notwithstanding.
Free divorce records can be requested in many ways. Generally, the available options are walk-in, telephone and fax but the online requests over the internet are catching on very well due to its convenience and are increasingly offered by the responsible government agencies. Processing time and fees vary among the various offices but the ranges are quite standard.
A superb alternative to government sources are the commercial record providers. This type of information resource is categorically fee-based but they are generally well worth the money. Besides having access to private and proprietary data network, the individual state-level records are consolidated onto a single database. This makes things much more convenient for users and is hugely beneficial for those searched involving multiple states.
