Public Brazoria County Divorce Records

Divorce is one of the few things that could dissolve a marriage and while at first glance, it is something that would only involve the two people who had gotten married; it is actually something that would affect the whole world. The reason for this would be because marriage itself is something that would affect the whole world. Logically, that which would dissolve the marriage must also be something that would affect the whole world. This is the reason why divorce records like Brazoria County Divorce Records are some of the most requested for records from the government, and this is true not only for the couple who had gotten divorced and their families, but even those people who are not even a party to the first marriage.

As something that would change the status of the person, divorce is something that has to be proven, though if one would be strict about the use of the words, divorce is not actually something that would change the status of the divorced person, rather, it is something that would restore the status of the person to what it was before he or she had gotten married. It must be remembered that marriage is something that would attach upon the married couple certain rights and responsibilities that would be binding upon the whole world, and when the divorce is granted, those rights and responsibilities would no longer bind the divorced couple.

These records are not public records though they are official records. the fact that they are official records means that they are given the presumption of regularity, though the fact that they are not public records means that the actual records could not be requested by just about anyone as the law identifies the people who could make a valid request for the copies of the records. Just the same, certification of the granting of the divorce is available to anyone who would make the request for the certification.

A request for certification is done at the state or national level and this is through the Texas Department of Health. The method for making the request for the certification would be to send a written request to the department detailing in the same the name of the couple who had gotten divorced, the approximate date when the divorce was granted, and the place where it was granted. Owing to the fact that request made through mail are inherently slower, the process may take anywhere between six to eight weeks. It must be remembered that certification requests would request not for the records itself, but only for confirmation that the divorce was indeed granted and that the records exists.

Brazoria County Vital Records may also be obtained online through the use of online databases, and while these databases are not government owned or operated, most of them would present information that would be substantially the same as that which may be found from the official archives. These databases, however, are not official sources; hence, they do not enjoy the presumption of regularity that official records enjoy.