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After a divorce is finally filed, the divorce records are retained by the court. Copies of divorce records are often used for various legal purposes such as remarriage or immigration. Certified copies of a District of Columbia divorce record can be obtained in person at the county court house in which the divorce was filed. Abstract summary divorce records can be obtained by writing the District of Columbia Vital Records Office with an application form. You can also search divorce records online through your county registry.

A standard divorce record contains information such as both parties full name, address, county and location of divorce, alimony, custody records and the like. This would naturally be extremely useful to anyone conducting background checks or interested in the history of someone. There are many reasons why one would check the background of someone’s divorce records, such as looking up on prospective employees, dates or spouses.

Washington D.C. divorce records are filed after the settlement of all divorce proceedings. It would be wise to keep the court-certified copy in a safe place. The amount of information that you can get from a divorce record means that rather than merely being a piece of documentation, it becomes an important part of your lives.

More conveniently than obtaining an official copy through government agencies or the Vital Records Office, you can obtain the information contained in a divorce record through the various online divorce record search providers such as the county registry that are available on the internet.

You can search District of Columbia divorce records at: http://www.countyregistry.org/divorce-records/district-of-columbia/