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Divorce Records

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ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 3 Mar 2011 11:17

Is there a list somewhere? I am trying to find out if there was a divorce listed between Charles Joseph Horn and Edith Emily Horn of Portsmouth in the period 1935 to 1944 or if I have yet another case of bigamy.

Can anyone help please?

BatMansDaughter

BatMansDaughter Report 3 Mar 2011 11:40

HI,

Have you tried The National Archives online?


Dee x

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 3 Mar 2011 11:42

Yes but where I looked it said only up to 1937. I just want to know if their names are on a list which will rule the bigamy out!!!!

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 3 Mar 2011 12:15

Unfortunately the NA point out that after 1937, the survival rate of divorce case files is less than 0.2%, so doesn't look too promising.

They also say you can request a search of the Central Index of Decrees Absolute. To do so, download Form D440 from Her Majesty's Courts Service website and post it to the Principal Registry of the Family Division, but presumably there is a cost attached in doing so.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 3 Mar 2011 13:41

It costs around £40 for the principal registry to carry out a 10 year search for the divorce. This money is not returned if they can't find the divorce.

Kath. x

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 3 Mar 2011 14:33

Thank you one and all.

Flip

Flip Report 3 Mar 2011 14:44

Would be cheaper to buy the later marriage certificate and check the marital status (I know they may have lied though) and that the person involved was the same person as in the first marriage. Could there just be a coincidence in the names?

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