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To access divorce records, you can simply contact the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The CDPH has been maintaining copies of birth, death, and marriage records since 1905 and offers records on file from as early as that year.

California courts have online dockets that provide the case number, the filing date, the parties, and a list of the pleadings of a divorce case. The electronic docket will also include a list of all the orders issued by the judge in the case.

You will need to contact the court in which the record was originally filed to get this information. Documents or information held by the courts are as follows: Divorce records. Court case records (e.g. opinions, briefs, complaints, filings)

To get copies of divorce documents, go to the courthouse and ask for a copy, or send a request through the mail. To visit the courthouse or send a request by mail, see directions, addresses and business hours on the Family Justice Center Courthouse page.

Record information for divorce filings is available at the Los Angeles Superior Court where the divorce was filed. If the Superior Court location is not known, information can be obtained at the County Courthouse by calling at (213) 830-0803 or going to 111 North Hill St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Courts in California also make some court documents available online. But under California's court rules, courts cannot post divorce filings online. This means that if you want anything more than the online docket, you must visit the courthouse where the parties filed for the divorce.