lundi 10 février 2014

New York Divorce Court Records

By Ben Kingsley


The Divorce Records New York have are maintained by the State Department of Health and the Clerk's office. Both agencies have maintains records of divorces that occurred since January 1, 1963. However, if you are looking for the records of a divorce that occurred prior to that date, you can obtain them at the Clerk's office only.

Divorce files in New York have two types: a divorce decree and a divorce certificate. A divorce decree reveals the terms and conditions of the case. Access to it is only given to the couple, their lawyers, or anyone who has the consent of the court. A divorce certificate reveals a few important pieces of information regarding the divorce file such as the full names of the couple, when they were born, their residential address, and when and where the divorce was finalized, amongst others.

You can place a request at the State Department of Health or at the Clerk's office. You can send a traditional mail, through telephone, or through the Internet. There are corresponding fees for each type of request and they are payable through money order, a certified check, or a credit card only. The return period for the search usually takes a couple of weeks. If you are in a hurry to obtain the records, you can specify that you want to opt for a priority handling for an additional fee. You can also request for the divorce certificate of another person and you do not even need their permission to do so. However, you will be provided with limited information only. Thankfully, they are enough to prove if their application for a divorce has been finalized or not.

A divorce record is required should a divorcee wish to marry again in the future. Without it, a marriage license will not be granted, and subsequently, any marriage that a divorcee will be involved in will become null and void. The record can also be used to claim assets and properties from a past marriage.

Apart from public offices, you can also get divorce files from online search tools that specialized in providing such files to the public. They have the authorization from the court to provide the files so there is no need to worry about any breaches against the law. There are a number of search tools available on the Web. Make sure that you know the history of a certain search tool before you actually use them. Do a little research and determine if other users find them to be reliable or not.

Many people do not know if Are Divorce Records Public. Well, they are. According to the Freedom of Information Act, citizens of the United States can access public documents such as divorce documents. There is a set of rules that need to be followed when handling such documents. They are set out so that the privacy of the owners of the documents is preserved at all times. This set of rules are specified by the court, therefore, anyone who does not abide by them shall be dealt with accordingly.




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