Georgia is not exempted to this divorce upsurge. According to the State Bar of Georgia, there are 13 grounds for divorce. One ground is irreversibly broken (no-fault ground) while the other 12 are fault grounds. A no-fault ground means there is already no hope of reconciliation thus one party refuses to live with the other spouse. Fault grounds include adultery, desertion, conviction and imprisonment for certain crimes, mental or physical abuse, drug addiction, mental illness, impotency and a whole lot more.
In pursuant to the Public Records Law, anyone in the state technically has the right to acquire any public records they need so long as the protocol of procurement is properly adhered to. However, some information that a divorce decree encompasses will always be kept confidential and thus will only be revealed to the individuals involved and to those whose purpose is to scrutinize someone's criminal history. This is done to protect the divorcees' right to confidentiality. Crucial details that are under such protection include the reason why the couple decided to opt for a divorce, the division of assets and liabilities, and the alimony and custody of their child.
For anyone who wishes to access Georgia divorce records for whatever legal purposes, you can file a request at the state's Department of Health. Your entreaty will be processed by the said department's Vital Records Office. To ensure that you can get a hold of the register you require, you have to provide as much information as you can in the application form; this narrows the searches down thereby helping them locate the record faster in their database. In case the record you requested for is not available at the aforementioned department, you can try filing a request for it in the county level as these registers are also available at the Office of the County Clerk in the county where the divorce was ratified.
Significant details that are requisite include the couple's legal names, date and county where they filed the divorce, your reason for procurement, and your relationship to the divorcees. A copy of your photo ID must also be furnished. Otherwise, these entities will not process your entreaty. When the application form is duly accomplished, enclose with it the required search fee of $10. Take note that such fee, though, is nonrefundable as it is payment for the search itself albeit the divorce record you requested is not located.
To keep up with the increased demands for public registers including divorce records free and fee-based databases have been established by the government and private entities. With these approaches, public documents requested are obtained in no time. You no longer need to visit offices, fall in line, and endure the hassle of the conventional methodology of getting a hold of public archives. In fact, the contemporary method of records retrieval is fast and easy thus it has become the new trend today.
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