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Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Searching For Updated Arizona Public Divorce Records Online

By Ben Kingsley


Unlike most states in the country, Arizona is a closed state. With this, the residents of Arizona only have access to their personal files which includes the Arizona Public Divorce records. The state publishes these files but it is not accessible to the public.

There are several reasons why the residents of Arizona request for a copy of a divorce certificate. Dealing with transactions in the government would require a copy of such document. This is true when dealing with request related to finances of an individual or a couple such as updating beneficiaries and dependents. Whenever a divorcee plans to marry again, he/she will be asked to provide a copy of the said document to proceed with the marriage application. Genealogy research is also one of the reasons for requesting such documents in Arizona. The information that can be found on the document is necessary when updating the family tree. It is not as important compared to other types of document like birth certificates; later generations may face problems and issues if the separation of a couple is not updated in a timely manner.

As the name suggest, divorce certificates would contain information about the separation of a couple. One would be able to know the real names of the couple. The document would also show the place and the date when the couple got separation legally. Those are the only information that can be obtained from a public document. Further details are kept private and available only to the people involved.

Details such as the reason for the separation are not indicated on the public file. One would not be able to find on a public document who petitioned for the separation. The agreements about the custody of the children and the division of the assets and their properties are also kept confidential. All of these were kept away from public access to protect the privacy of the involved individuals and to avoid any scrutiny and bias from other parties.

Since the state of Arizona is not an open state, this makes retrieval of a divorce record a little difficult than getting it in other states. The Vital Records Section of the Department of Health in Arizona does not issue copies of the divorce decree or certificate. One has to visit the county where the divorce was filed in order to request for the said document. Guidelines and procedures in requesting for the said document are not standardized. Just to be sure, one should have necessary information about the record being requested for the request to be processed. Processing fees would then depend on which county the request was made. The time that the document will be retrieved also depends on the county office but it usually takes 2 hours if there are no problems in the search. One can also request it by phone which can take at least 3 weeks before the document will be available.

Retrieval of Arizona divorce decrees and records is made easy with the help of the Internet. With the document being one of the most requested files of the state, the local government has implemented an online server where divorce records can be stored and retrieved electronically. It has also hastened and simplified the retrieval process. This helps those individuals who cannot go to the office personally.




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