What Is A Divorce Record?
Every divorce that is properly filed and completed leaves a divorce record. To check whether your divorce is really finalized - or to check to see whether someone else's divorce has gone through - you need to check the divorce record. You can now check your divorce record - or the divorce record of someone else - online. A divorce is a public record, meaning that anyone could check your divorce record. Your divorce record, if you have gone through a divorce, will be filed in the state in which the divorce was filed and finalized. The federal government does not keep your divorce record. You can check you divorce record at sites such as DivorceRecord.com, which allow users to search for divorce records anywhere in the world. In most cases, your lawyer should give you a copy of your divorce record when your divorce is finalized as you will need this record when you change your name on your documents (if you are a woman) or to prove that you are no longer divorced if you need to apply for a marriage licence or other document that requires such proof. To get a copy of your divorce record, you can also contact your local vital-records office. You can find this office by looking at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) site (www.cdc.gov/nchs). NCHS will be able to let you know what fee your state charges you for viewing a divorce record. The NCHS will even tell you where to access other types of public record. When you request your divorce record in most states, you will need to provide the full names of the couple, the date of dissolution of marriage; the city, county, and state where the marriage was