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Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 32 Send Message	Doreen	Report	26 Aug 2005 19:59
Member Since: August 2004 Posts: 32 Send Message	Is it possible to obtain a late parents divorce papers if so how please from Dor
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 577 Send Message	Sue in Sx	Report	26 Aug 2005 22:08
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 577 Send Message	Found this which might help 'Copies of Decrees Absolute (and files of proceedings) for divorces since 1938 are kept by the Principal Registry of the Family Division at Somerset House'. From their website Divorce and Adoption Family Proceedings Department, First Avenue House Telephone: 020 7947 6000
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 3 492 Send Message	Fiona	Report	26 Aug 2005 22:33
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 3 492 Send Message	divorce records The divorce records are a set of registers of decrees nisi and absolute, with their indexes. These are kept by the Principal Registry of the Family Division (PRFD), and are not accessible by the public. Instead, officials will carry out a paid search of the index, and certified copies of the decrees can be bought. You can contact them at: Principal Registry of the Family Division First Avenue House 42-49 High Holborn London WC2V 6NP Tel: 020 7947 6971 or (international) +44 7947 6971 http://www.courtservice.gov.uk