For remarriage abroad, foreign registration of divorce, and name restoration. $250 per document, 5 business days. Serving Deerfield Beach from our Fort Lauderdale office, by appointment.
For the 86,000 people who call Deerfield Beach home, getting a divorce decree accepted abroad comes down to one certification: the Florida apostille. A Florida divorce doesn't automatically count abroad. To remarry in another country, register the divorce with a foreign civil registry, restore a maiden name on a foreign passport, or resolve property matters overseas, most countries require the Florida divorce decree — apostilled.
Divorce records live with the Clerk of Court in the county where the divorce was finalized. For Broward divorces, that's the Broward County Clerk of Courts, and only a certified copy of the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage — with the clerk's certification — can be apostilled. We confirm your copy qualifies, file in person at the Florida Department of State, and return the apostilled decree in 5 business days. For Deerfield Beach residents, that means one handoff — at your door or at our office — and the apostilled original back in your hands on a defined timeline.
Visa and residency applications routinely require apostilled divorce decrees to document marital history.
Enforcing or registering custody terms internationally begins with the apostilled Final Judgment containing those provisions.
Foreign marriage registries require apostilled proof that a prior marriage legally ended before issuing a new marriage license.
Many countries require citizens to register a U.S. divorce at home — Italy, Spain, Colombia, and Brazil among them — starting from the apostilled decree.
Deerfield Beach is home to roughly 86,000 residents. Deerfield Beach anchors one of South Florida's best-known Brazilian communities — apostilles for Brazilian dual nationality, foreign marriage, and property procurations (procurações) are a weekly occurrence for our Deerfield Beach clients.
We serve clients throughout Deerfield Beach's neighborhoods including The Cove, Deer Creek, Century Village East, Crystal Lake, and Little Harbor, as well as nearby communities such as Boca Raton, Pompano Beach, Lighthouse Point, and Coconut Creek. Landmarks like the Deerfield Beach International Fishing Pier, Quiet Waters Park, and Deerfield Island Park put us on familiar ground — this is home-turf service, not a mail-order processor.
From Deerfield Beach, our Fort Lauderdale office is about 20 minutes away — visits by appointment — and appointments are usually available same day or next day. Also serving divorce decree apostille clients in nearby Pompano Beach, and Coconut Creek.
Most delays start here, so it is worth two minutes for Deerfield Beach clients: The document that gets apostilled is a certified copy of the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage, issued by the Clerk of Court of the county where the divorce was granted — complete with the clerk's certification stamp and signature. Your attorney's conformed copy, the file-stamped copy you kept, and photocopies cannot be apostilled.
For long decrees, note that certification fees are per page and foreign registries often accept a certified copy of the judgment's key pages — but some (Italy notably) want the full judgment. Also useful: Florida offers a separate short Report of Divorce from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, which some countries accept in place of the full decree. We'll help you order the version your destination actually requires. When your divorce decree is ready, bring it to our office — about 30 minutes from Deerfield Beach — appointments usually available same day or next day.
Tell us what you need by phone or through the form. Your office appointment is confirmed within one business hour.
Each document passes a pre-filing review — certified copy, complete notarization, destination-country rules — because rejections cost weeks.
We file in person at the Florida Department of State. No mail-in backlog, no batching, no waiting on an envelope.
In five business days the apostilled originals are back and ready — office pickup or local delivery, with a call to let you know.
No hourly rates, no hidden charges, no surprise add-ons. The price you see is the price you pay — including the Florida Department of State filing fee.
All prices include the Florida Department of State filing fee ($10 per document), in-person filing at the Department of State, and full document handling. Notarization available as a separate service when your documents require it.
Download the Florida Department of State Apostille and Notarial Certificate Request Form. We can fill it out for you at your appointment — no need to complete it in advance.
Because Deerfield Beach is an anchor of South Florida’s Brazilian community, where procurações and dual-nationality files are weekly work, the divorce decrees we apostille here are most often bound for Brazil, Portugal, and Canada. That matters practically: each destination has its own quirks — whether a certified translation is required, whether the receiving registry wants a recently issued copy, and whether the apostille needs to be translated along with the document.
We handle those details as part of the job rather than leaving you to discover them at a consulate window. Tell us the destination country when you call and we’ll confirm exactly what your divorce decree needs before anything is filed — including whether a translation should be ordered before or after the apostille, which is the sequencing mistake that costs Deerfield Beach clients the most time.
Yes — we serve every city in Broward County, Deerfield Beach included. Service is by appointment at our Fort Lauderdale office at 6750 N Andrews Ave, Ste 288E; requests before 2 PM are routinely scheduled the same day, and every request gets a confirmed time within one business hour.
We're at 6750 N Andrews Ave, Ste 288E in Fort Lauderdale — about 20 minutes from Deerfield Beach. Office visits are by appointment, and same-day slots are usually available.
5 business days, drop-off to return — the same in-person filing timeline countywide. Rush handling is available when your deadline is tighter; call us and we'll tell you honestly what's achievable.
For non-English-speaking destinations, almost always. Divorce decrees are long, so translation is quoted by page count — we coordinate certified translation and apostille together.
From the Broward County Clerk of Courts records division — online, by mail, or in person at the courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. Ask specifically for a certified copy of the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage.
Depends on the destination. Many registries accept a certified copy of the final judgment pages; Italy and some others require the full decree. Tell us the country and we'll confirm before you pay for unnecessary pages.
Sometimes — Florida's Bureau of Vital Statistics issues a Report of Divorce (a one-page vital record) that several countries accept for remarriage purposes. We can advise whether your destination is one of them.
Yes — a certified copy of a divorce judgment is a court record either party (or their representative) can order. No cooperation or signature from your ex-spouse is needed.
