While divorce is a common occurrence in today\u2019s world,\u00a0divorce records in the UK<\/a>\u00a0were not required to be officially recorded until 1858. If you would like to obtain divorce records in the UK, you will need to request a search from the\u00a0Central Index of Decrees Absolute, or the\u00a0CIDA<\/a><\/strong>. In order to do this, you will be required to download a form from the Courts Service website and post it to the Principal Registry of the Family Division. Official records from prior to 1858 are not available, but you may be able to find secular documents by searching the British Library. Doing an\u00a0online search<\/strong>\u00a0may be easier and less time consuming that taking the above steps, so you might consider doing an online search for\u00a0UK divorce records<\/a>\u00a0first.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" UK Divorce Records: A Few Search Tips While divorce is a common occurrence in today\u2019s world,\u00a0divorce records in the UK\u00a0were not required to be officially recorded until 1858. If you would like to obtain divorce records in the UK, you will need to request a search from the\u00a0Central Index of Decrees Absolute, or the\u00a0CIDA. In … Continue reading