State of CA Divorce Records Updated Database Online

Posted by The Popular News Today on Monday, October 22, 2012

By Claire Dowell


The country of Canada is known to be the second largest country by total area with a population of 33,476,688 residents, according to Canadian census of 2011. Canada is located in the northern part of the North America. It extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east, Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. The country is a federal state governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy and now, the country is officially bilingual at the federal level. Divorces in Canada were granted under private acts of the parliament in Canada during the year of 1840 up to 1968. It is the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings who keeps and maintains Canada Divorce Records.

Divorce Act is the federal act that governs divorce in Canada. The Constitution of Canada gives the Federal Parliament exclusive jurisdiction to regulate the law of marriage and divorce. A patchwork of divorce laws were made in different provinces. It depends on the laws enforced in each province at the time it joined the confederation. In Quebec and Newfoundland, there was no divorce law until 1968. The only way to get annulled in these provinces is to apply to the Federal Parliament for a private bill of divorce. This bill was managed by the Canadian Senate, wherein a committee would undertake an investigation of request for a divorce.

The husband or the wife can file a divorce if their partners committed adultery, rape, sodomy, bigamy or with cruelty or desertion. Other reasons for filing a divorce is imprisonment due to drugs and alcohol, either of the couple had disappeared or been deserted or fail to save the marriage. Request for divorce under the 1968 legislation cannot be granted unless a trial was held before a judge who will accept the reasons for divorce. In 2005, Parliament passed the Civil Marriage Act. It amends the same sex marriage and same sex divorce.

The Family Law Assistance Services Section maintains the files in the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings office. They check and prevent duplicate records of divorce cases in different courts across Canada. The registry office is used to solve jurisdictional disagreements that may happen under the Divorce Act. If there is a duplication of the file, the office will discontinue the action and issue a clearance certificate. If there is no duplication then a clearance certificate is given that allows the request to proceed.

Before obtaining a divorce certificate, one must contact the Supreme Court Registry where the divorce was filed. If unsure of the location, the person must contact the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings for Canada which is located in Ottawa. They will confirm at which registry the divorce was filed. The charge for a divorce certificate will cost $40 Canadian dollars and $50 Canadian dollars for divorce certificate. Requests through mail should include significant details such as the mailing address, contact number and the payment. All requests must be sent to the applicable court registry.

There are two ways to get records online. It can be through a free of charge and fee based versions. Free Divorce Records is accessible with the help of free public websites. With free of charge websites, they provide incomplete information about the recent status of the person searched. Fee charges has more detailed and updated information that will surely satisfy its services and worth of your money.




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