South Carolina Public Divorce Records Database
In these modern days, Divorce records are said to be the most researched data. The emergence of internet and the constant innovations in technology made it possible for research to be an easy task.
South Carolina
Public Divorce Records are made available to the people after divorce has been legalized in this state in 1950’s through its Department of health & Environmental Control or DHEC office. Although,
it is relatively easy to access these records, the request for divorce certificates are somewhat limited as to whom who can make the request. Perhaps, it is done this way so the state can monitor the requesting parties. Eligible to make the said requests are the following; the adult child of the couple, the couple themselves and any legal representative that can validate his identity.
Vital records to include divorce records ranging from 1962 until 2008 are being held in custody by the Department of Health and Environmental Control however, past records apart from the mentioned dates are said to be kept by the Office of the Clerk of Court where the said divorce had taken place.
Giving the public domain the right to access vital records through the approval of Freedom of Information Act does not mean full accessibility. In South Carolina, so much emphasis is given to confidentiality that is why some limitations are set in terms of accessing divorce records; causes or reasons for the proceedings as well as the agreements made are kept private.
The fast growing population of South Carolina, catering to more than 4 million citizens, the state made this information available online. Creating government websites for easier and fast paced research is one of the state’s initiatives is to make South Carolinians’ lives hassle free and comfortable. To speed up your request for divorce records or divorce certificates, providing the necessary details the couples’ whereabouts as well as the requestors’ information and contact numbers or address is always a smart thing to do.
Majority of the states in USA deploy the same practice in terms of record maintenance and safekeeping of vital records. Usually such are kept at a state or county level. There are states that have their own archives thus keeping the records there or for states that have no archives, related records are obtainable from their local court houses.
The advent of technology plus the development of internet made research a rather interesting and easier task to do. Specially these days, where divorce records is said to be one of the most searched data online and onsite. Understandably, the content and quality of the outcome is still dependent on what kind of information or details one has to provide.