People simply don't work hard enough at their marriage nowadays. It's no wonder the divorce rate in the country remains high. The number of marriages has decreased in recent years but make no mistake, the dropout rate of those who married is still worse than 1 in 3. That's what the official Public Records Search say and they are one of the vital data and statistics which are mandated by law.

In a free society like ours, divorce is easy. It's usually just a matter of running through the formality; filing, hearing and decree. Checking on public divorce records is not difficult either. They are comprehensively documented, filed and uploaded from the local courthouse or county office where the divorce was granted to the designated state department which is usually the data and statistics office.

County Divorce Records are available from the state department placed in charge of the service. The information itself is free but a nominal fee is normally levied for its search, in direct contrast to commercial operators. For certified copies of original documents, the request must be made directly to the county or district level agency where the divorce was granted. The same applies for divorce searches falling outside of the central index.

A great deal of information about people can be derived from Free Divorce Records. They show the personal particulars of the divorcing parties such as age, address and so forth plus those of their children if any. Other details will also be produced. Examples of this are asset division, financial settlement, alimony and child support, custody and visitation and reason for divorce. Except for those officially classified as confidential, anybody can have access to anyone's public divorce records.

Most of the government agencies providing free divorce records offer them in a variety of ways. They can normally be requested by walk-in, telephone or fax. The online option over the internet is increasingly offered and has proven to be the most popular method of retrieval with users in general. Depending on the mode of request, the waiting time ranges from same-day to weeks if not months. Fees are not fixed either but they are generally at subsidized levels.

Of late, commercial record providers have come into the picture with a bang. The fee-based information they bring are typically of high professional standards, the industry being so immensely competitive. They tap into government databases but top them with private ones. The most distinct feature about them is that their databases are consolidated at national level which means multi-state searches don't have to be conducted state by state, a perennial pain with government resources.