How do I find out the month a year of my divorce of a decade ago?

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How do I find out the month a year of my divorce of a decade ago?

I am getting married in 3 weeks and need to obtain a marriage license in Union County, NC. In order to get my new marriage license, I need the month and year of my divorce. As it was over a decade ago, I neither remember this information nor have the paperwork. I have tried to find it online but without any luck. I have even paid a fee for access to 2 different public records websites however my information is not there. What is my next step? Do I need to go to the courthouse to attain this information? I do not remember much about my divorce proceedings. Would my paperwork be filed in the county in which we were married, or in the county in which we lived at the time of our divorce? Also, if visiting the courthouse is my only option, which department will have this information?

Asked on April 29, 2012 under Family Law, North Carolina

Answers:

M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 11 years ago | Contributor

A divorce is filed in the county of residence at the time of the filing, which may or may not be the county you were married in.  You would go to the court house and go to the records room where they store the files.  Some times older filed have been put on microfilm or stored elsewhere and you may have to request it.  You are going to have to ask for help to look it up in the court records.  It has an index number which is how the court tracks the case.  The information may be on the court computers detailing the papers that are in the file and it may be enough for your needs here.  Good luck. 


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