Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Free Divorce Records And Marriage Licenses

Free Divorce Records And Marriage Licenses

By Claire Dowell


When married couple thinks that their relationship is no longer healthy, they decide to separate or file for divorce. This is the reason why the number of divorce in Indiana is increasing every year. This makes the access to the document harder than before. To address this problem, the Freedom of Information Act has allowed the residents of the state to request for a copy of a divorce record easily.

Divorce records in Indiana are used by the residents for a number of reasons. The document is one of the primary sources of information for genealogy research. It contains information that is vital in updating the family registry. The future generation would have difficulty tracing their family history if the separation of the divorce of a family member is not updated. The document is used when dealing with any government transactions such as insurance or any financial matters involving the couple. Divorce records are also used by other people to check on the marital status of an individual.

A public divorce certificate in the state of Indiana contains limited information about the separation. One can find only the basic details about the divorce such as the place and the date where the separation was filed. Further details about the separation are kept private since the state respects the privacy of its people. Details about the agreement about the children's custody are not indicated on the public document. The division of the couple's properties is also kept confidential.

Requesting for a copy of a divorce record in Indiana has to be done at the county where the divorce was filed. Unlike other states, the request can be done at the Vital Records Office of the state. The state office can only help with the search by verifying the information as to where the request can be done. The state office requires a processing fee for the verification of the information and a separate processing fee has to be paid for the actual search at the county office. The document is only released to the divorcees and their immediate families. Others would have to secure a special permit to access the file.

Requests can also be done by sending a mail request to the county office. Again, if the county where the divorce was filed is unknown, the request has to be first sent to the Vital Records Section for verification. The results of a mail request can take a days or even weeks depending on the retrieval process. To avoid waiting for several days, the search can be done through the Internet.

Marriage and divorce records can now be requested through the Internet. This method is, by far, the fastest method there is. There is no need to go to any office since the request can be done anywhere there is Internet connection and the results are displayed after doing only a few clicks on the mouse.




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