Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Finding Divorce Records Online

By Jason Voxly

People have many reasons for wanting to know if someone was involved in a previous marriage. They could be entering into a business deal and want to make sure there are no other ties to a proposed partner. Perhaps they are thinking about marrying someone and want to make sure that they are not a divorce machine. Regardless of the reason, you are more than likely going to go to the information highway to satisfy your curiosity.

When you go to the internet, the first thing you are probably going to do is head to your favorite search engine and type in 'free divorce records.' Well the moment you do that you are going to get about three quarters of a million sites to choose from. Now of course a lot of these are duplicates, but no matter how you look at it, you are going to be swimming in choices.

When looking to have an online service obtain divorce records for you, you get nothing for nothing! What you will get is rerouted to a site that will ask you to pump in the name of the person that you are trying to check out. Once you do that and hit enter, you will quickly get a list of matches and be told that they have some dirt, but to get it you are going to have to pay for it. So much for free.

In all honesty, the fee's are usually pretty reasonable and most will offer a long term discount if you purchase the addition right then and there. If you plan on doing more searches, it is probably a good idea to buy the package. Of course, none of really want to spend money on something like this unless we absolutely have to, is there a way to get this done online for free?

Yes and no. You can start the process online for free, but you can't finish it. Most states and counties have their own sites that you can go to and request free records information. You can download the right forms and then send them off and wait to get it back in the mail. Going this route can take, well, as long as it takes. We all know how quickly the government works. Sooner or later it will show up in your mailbox.

Two options, you choose what works best for you. If you have the time and a tight pocketbook, you are going to want to fill out the forms and mail them in and deal with the wait. If you have the cash or climb up the walls when you don't know something, pay the fee and get the records in what usually takes a couple of seconds.

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