OBTAINING A COPY OF DIVORCE DECREE

The divorce decree is a document that finalizes a divorce and specifies financial and legal details of the divorce. Every person who has been through a divorce should have this legal record. Occasionally, divorce papers are required to prove the existence of a marriage or divorce for a mortgage, veteran's claim or even a family event like adoption. When a divorced individual loses divorce papers, there is a process to get copies. In order to obtain a copy of divorce certificate, you must request them from the court office where the case was started. If you are unable to attend in person, you may ask a representative to attend on your behalf or you may write to the court office. You may wish to call the court office in advance to ask about any steps that are necessary in order to obtain the documents. However, the year of divorce plays an important role when asking for a copy. Such decrees are usually stored in different archives. For example, documentation for divorces that were granted in Ontario prior to 1979 can be obtained from the Archives of Ontario. Archives staff will require the year the divorce was granted, the court location and the court file number. If you do not have that information, you should contact the court office or the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings.
As it has already been mentioned, you can get a copy of your divorce papers from the court where the divorce or civil partnership dissolution was processed. Alternatively you can contact the Central Index of Decrees Absolute. The Central Index keeps records of all decrees absolute (divorce papers and civil partnership dissolutions) granted since 1858. There are a number of reasons why people contact the Central Index. The most common reasons is to obtain a copy of decrees absolute (divorce papers/civil partnership dissolution). To obtain a copy of any of a divorce decree in the United States, write or go to the vital statistics office in the state or area where the event occurred. For writing your request in a proper way, be sure to include the following information: date of request, full name of husband (last name in caps), full name of wife (maiden name in caps), date of divorce or annulment, place of divorce (city or town, county, state), the type of final decree, relationship to parties, the purpose for which the record is needed, requestor's name and address, requestor's driver's license number and state (some counties require it) and requestor's signature.
Availing a copy of Divorce Decree is not a very difficult task if you know exactly how to go about it.  Generally the copy of divorce decree will be mailed to you by the clerk of the court. Your lawyer may also send you this copy. Sometimes this may not happen because of various reasons. In that case what you need to do is to go to the office of the clerk and request a copy of the document. You can also do this if you need another copy of the document.

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