Thursday, 2 October 2014

Free Divorce Records And Marriage Licenses

By Claire Dowell


Married couples who find their relationship becoming too difficult to handle go for separation. Because of this, divorce in Indiana is becoming the trend and the divorce certificates being handled by the state is also increasing making it a little complicated to request for a copy of one. The implementation of the Freedom of Information Act in Indiana has made the divorce records open to the public for easy access.

Residents of Indiana use the divorce certificate for a number of reasons. Genealogy is one of the top reasons used by residents when they request for divorce certificate. The information that can be found on the file is used to update the family registry. It becomes a problem for the next generation if such incident is not indicated on the family tree. Some transactions in the government would require a divorce certificate. Such transactions when the divorcee would process any financial matters such as insurance. The marital status of an individual can also be verified using this document.

One can find a lot of useful information in divorce certificate. As the name suggest, the document would contain details about where and when the couple was granted legal separation. The public document would only contain the basic information about the separation. Other vital information is kept confidential. One would not find details about the children's custody and the settlement of about the couple's properties and assets on a public file. This information is kept private to respect the privacy of the people involved.

One may need to go to the county where the divorce was granted in order to request for a copy of a divorce certificate. The Vital Records Section of Indiana cannot release a certified copy of such document instead they said office can only verify the information that you have. The state office can give you information as to where the request can be done. This verification would cost a certain fee aside from the actual cost for the retrieval itself. The state of Indiana allows the residents to request for a copy of their personal documents, otherwise a special permission has to be obtained to proceed with the retrieval of other people's 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.

With the development of the Internet, retrieval of marriage and divorce records in the state of Indiana is faster and convenient. The document can be obtained in a breeze, unlike requesting it personally in the county office. The results of the search are displayed almost instantly making it convenient for most of the residents of the state.




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