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I want to divorce after domestic violence without seeing him.

Question Details: Me and my husband lived in Alabama but got married in Florida in 2006. After a year there was a case of domestic violent and i moved to Illinois and got an order of protection from him for 2 years.Now I am in Georgia and want to divorce him without seeing him.He still lives in Alabama (i suppose). Order expires in the end of October 2009. How can i divorce and check if he filed for divorce? I heard that i need a lawyer from Alabama. Please help me!

Asked 9/1/2009 under Divorce, Marriage, Alimony | 298 View(s) | More Legal Topics

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Terri Brown / Terri L. Brown, Attorney Answered 2 years ago | Contributor with 0 answers This attorney is licensed in Georgia

Georgia statutes generally require a divorce to be filed in the county where the other party resides.  In some instances, you can file in Georgia if you do not know (really do not know) where the other party resides.  You must also have lived in Georgia for at least 6 months to file here. 

You can check for divorce decree by looking into the public records of Alabama.  Call the Alabama vital records department and ask them if a divorce was filed/granted. 

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