What to do if I’ve lost a copy of my divorce document and the court said it lost it as well?
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What to do if I’ve lost a copy of my divorce document and the court said it lost it as well?
I need to get a copy; I went back several times but the court still cannot find it.What I have to do now? How long does it take to get some document to show I have divorced then? Does court have other resource to check if if someone did divorce other than actual court document/judgement?
Asked on May 4, 2012 under Family Law, California
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
The first thing that you should do is get a copy of the court's docket showing that there was a judgment with respect to your marital dissoultion agreement and the marital dissolution agreement that was filed.
Once you have such, then you know that these two documents were filed. If you had an attorney represent you in the dissolution proceeding, I would ask him or her to provide you with a copy of the documents you want. If the attorney does not have such, I would contact the attorney who may have represented the other side as well as the other side for it hoping there is a copy.
If the court has lost the filed copy that should be placed in the computer system and in your file, then there is no other way to get a copy of the document(s) you want other than the suggestions I have stated above.
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