How do you find out if someone is divorced in South Africa?

Answer 1

DIVORCE RECORDSThe only place where you can get a copy of a divorce decree in South Africa, is from the actual High- or Divorce Court where the divorce order was originally granted. NOWHERE ELSE! Help is available from companies that specialise in this, like DivorceRPD, who can obtain the documents on your behalf. This is of course especially handy when you are overseas, or currently not close to the court any more. Case Number

You must have your divorce Case Number in order to obtain your records from the court! If you do not have the case number, they will not be able to help you.

You can get the case number by visiting your nearest Dept. of Home Affairs, and from your ID-Number they (should) be able to give you your case number. Cases before 2005 may prove problematic, because the detail is usually not entered onto the system yet.

The next step will be to visit the court, and ask for their registers. You will have to have the date at least, otherwise you will have to go through hundreds of registers. Get the correct register, and look up your case number.

High- or Divorce Court

Once you have the case number, go to court and request your documents. Once again, if the date is pre-2005, the court will have to request your file from archives, and this can take months! If the date is after 2005, they should be able to assist you in a relative short period of time.

You may need to have the documents "Apostilled" if you need them in Another Country. For local use a stamped and signed copy should be adequate.

This can be a quick and painless exercise, or you may experience a long and drawn-out battle to get success. The process is really influenced by the divorce date, specific court and of course your luck in finding (or not) an efficient and willing person behind the counter(s).

The easiest way will be to call on the professionals and pay them to get your records.

Answer 2

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